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Грешница (The Sinner)
The Sinner
also: Грешница
A narrative poem (1858) by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy about a beautiful, dissolute woman whose pride is broken by an encounter with Christ -- one of the most popular set-pieces for dramatic recitation in late-19th-century Russia.
Reading notes
- The Liberal Sweetheart §66 Tolstoy's 'The Sinner'
"Грешница" ("The Sinner," 1858), a narrative poem by Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy (not Leo Tolstoy) about a beautiful, dissolute woman whose pride is broken by an encounter with Christ -- one of the most popular set-pieces for dramatic recitation in late-19th-century Russia.