FEDOR DOSTOYEVSKY THREE TALES. DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE A MEEK YOUNG GIRL. Drawings by Donia Nachsen. Translated from the Russian by Beatrice Scott. (Russian Literature Library).

DOSTOYEVSKY, FYDOR. NACHSEN, DONIA, illustrated by.

Published by Lindsay Drummond Limited., London, 1945

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8vo. 7.25 x 5 inches. [vi] + 92 pp. Title page in red and black. Bound in original red cloth, gilt, with small gilt block on front board. A little wear to extremities, spine sunned and occasional traces of foxing, but otherwise a very good clean copy. Illustrated by 6 scraperboard plates. Decorated by title page vignette. An attractive 1945 edition of three short stories by the great Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-81). It includes Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877), Another Man's Wife (1848) and A Meek Young Girl, usually titled A Gentle Creature (1876). Illustrated by Donia Nachsen (1903-87). Born in Russian Ukraine, her family settled in London in 1905. As an artist she designed poster for the government during the War. FICTION RUSSIAN LIT. FICTION EASTERN EUROPE 19TH CENTURY 20TH CENTURY ILLUSTRATED FICTION.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FEDOR DOSTOYEVSKY THREE TALES. DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE A MEEK YOUNG GIRL. Drawings by Donia Nachsen. Translated from the Russian by Beatrice Scott. (Russian Literature Library).
• Publisher: Lindsay Drummond Limited., London
• Publication Date: 1945