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2 unusual facts about 1863 in literature


Paris in the Twentieth Century

Written in 1863 but first published 131 years later (1994), the novel follows a young man who struggles unsuccessfully to live in a technologically advanced, but culturally backwards world.

The Life of a Peasant Woman

The Life of a Peasant Woman (Житие одной бабы, Zhitiye odnoi baby) is a short novel by Nikolai Leskov, first published in 1863’s 7th and 8th issues of Biblioteka dlya chteniya magazine, under the moniker of M.Stebnitsky.



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