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The Princess

the princess

also: ma tante

An elderly, impoverished princess who lives for the annual visitors her name day is supposed to bring, and who is heartbroken each year when almost no one comes.

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Mentioned in 21 works (166 mentions)

Late-Blooming Flowers Stories · 73 mentions
The Green Braid Stories · 29 mentions
Life in Questions and Exclamations Stories · 1 mention
Once a Year Stories · 13 mentions
The Turnip Stories · 2 mentions
The Operator Stories · 1 mention
The Proposal Stories · 6 mentions
A Romance with a Double Bass Stories · 2 mentions
The Princess Stories · 27 mentions
To I. L. Leontyev, 22 February 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 19 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 23 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 26 December 1888. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 5 March 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. S. Suvorin, 11 March 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. I. Sumbatov, 27–28 December 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To I. M. Kondratyev, 28 December 1889. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
To A. I. Sumbatov, 28 January 1890. Petersburg. letter · 1 mention
To A. I. Sumbatov, 8 March 1890. Moscow. letter · 1 mention
The Pecheneg Stories · 1 mention
From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) Stories · 1 mention

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