Sevastopol Sketches
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By Lyof N. Tolsto
First published in 1855
Translated in 1888 by Isabel Florence Hapgood (1851-1928), American ecumenist, writer and translator, especially of Russian and French texts.
This work is based on Tolstoy's experiences during the Crimean War
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At the end of August, along the rocky highway to Sevastopol, between Duvanka and Bakhtchisara, through the thick, hot dust, at a foot-pace, drove an officer's light cart, that peculiar telyezhka, not now to be met with, which stands about half-way between a Jewish britchka, a Russian travelling-carriage, and a basket-wagon. In the front of the w……
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