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Fruits of Culture, by Leo Tolstoy
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Title: Fruits of Culture
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translator: Louise Maude Aylmer Maude
Release Date: September 20, 2008 [EBook 26663]
Language: English
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FRUITS OF CULTURE
A COMEDY IN FOUR ACTS
(1889)
CHARACTERS
LEONÍD FYÓDORITCH ZVEZDÍNTSEF. A retired Lieutenant of the Horse Guards. Owner of more than 60,000 acres of land in various provinces. A fresh-looking, bland, agreeable gentleman of 60. Believes in Spiritualism, and likes to astonish people with his wonderful stories.
ANNA PÁVLOVNA ZVEZDÍNTSEVA. Wife of