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Olenin was a youth who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortun… Plus…

Olenin was a youth who had never completed his university course, never served anywhere (having only a nominal post in some government office or other), who had squandered half his fortune and had reached the age of twenty-four without having done anything or even chosen a career. He was what in Moscow society is termed un jeune homme. But he did find a career - he took a post as a Cadet in the army, and ended up assigned to Transcaucasia. This is the place - here among the Tatars, the Chechens, and the Old Believers - this is the place where Olenin will find love in the arms of a beautiful Cossack girl - a young woman who is promised to a Cossack warrior. Digital Content>E-books>Literature>Literature>Literature, eBooksLib Digital >16<

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All is quiet in Moscow. The squeak of wheels is seldom heard in the snow-covered street. There are no lights left in the windows and the street lamps have been extinguished. Only the soun… Plus…

All is quiet in Moscow. The squeak of wheels is seldom heard in the snow-covered street. There are no lights left in the windows and the street lamps have been extinguished. Only the sound of bells, borne over the city from the church towers, suggests the approach of morning. The streets are deserted. At rare intervals a night-cabman's sledge kneads up the snow and sand in the street as the driver makes his way to another corner where he falls asleep while waiting for a fare Classics, Fiction & Literature, The Cossacks~~ Leo graf Tolstoy~~Classics~~Fiction & Literature~~9781412176323, en, The Cossacks, Leo graf Tolstoy, 9781412176323, eBooksLib.com, 11/10/2011, , , , eBooksLib.com, 11/10/2011<

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