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Dostoevsky: First Love
This limited edition is published as a New Year's greeting to friends of the author and publisher.The story of Dostoevsky's initial rejection by, and ultimate marriage to, his best friend's widow, in the winter of 1857.
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Published January 1, 1961
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David Magarshack
72 books11 followersDavid Magarshack (1899 - 1977) was a Latvian translator and biographer of Russian authors, best known for his translations of Dostoevsky.
Magarshack was born in Riga, in present-day Latvia (Riga was then part of Russia), travelled to Britain in 1920 and became naturalised in 1931.
After graduating from University College London in English Language and Literature, he worked in Fleet Street and published a number of novels.
He was the biographer of Chekhov (1952, 1955 (US)), Gogol (1957), Dostoevsky (1962), Pushkin (1967), Stanislavsky (1951, 1976) and Turgenev (1954). Magarshack died in London in 1977.
Magarshack was born in Riga, in present-day Latvia (Riga was then part of Russia), travelled to Britain in 1920 and became naturalised in 1931.
After graduating from University College London in English Language and Literature, he worked in Fleet Street and published a number of novels.
He was the biographer of Chekhov (1952, 1955 (US)), Gogol (1957), Dostoevsky (1962), Pushkin (1967), Stanislavsky (1951, 1976) and Turgenev (1954). Magarshack died in London in 1977.
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August 8, 2016
She looked upon him, as she used to say, as ‘a man without a future.’
-David Magarshack, Dostoevsky: First Love
-David Magarshack, Dostoevsky: First Love
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