Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in That Country (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Domestic Scenes in Russia: In a Series of Letters Describing a Year's Residence in That Country

I cannot venture to add another to the numerous books on Russia which have already appeared, without pleading as my apology that I visited that country under circumstances affording opportunities, not usually within a stranger's reach, of observing the habits and character of the people. I am, therefore, induced to publish the following letters, under an impression that some account of domestic life in the Interior may be, to a certain degree, interesting from its novelty.

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