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Prince Lev Nikolayevich Myshkin (pre-reform Russian: князь Левъ Николаевичъ Мышкинъ; post-reform Russian: князь Лев Николаевич Мышкин, romanized: knyazʹ Lev Nikoláyevich Mýshkin) is the main protagonist of Fyodor Dostoevsky's 1869 novel The Idiot.
The character of Prince Myshkin was originally intended to be an embodiment of this "lofty (Russian) Christian idea". [12] With the character's immersion in the increasingly materialistic and atheistic world of late 19th century Russia, the idea is constantly being elaborated, tested in every scene and against every other character.
In later life, Mary and her children lived in what was then known as King's or Alexander King's Close. The name originally came from her grandfather (her mother Jonet's father), but the property came to be more associated with her uncle Alexander King junior, who lived there and was a significant and well-known legal and political figure in early British political history. [12]
Prince Georgy Yevgenyevich Lvov [b] (2 November [O.S. 21 October] 1861 – 7/8 March 1925) was a Russian aristocrat, statesman and the first prime minister of the Russian Republic from 15 March to 20 July 1917.
Mary King may refer to: Mary King (merchant) (c. 1590–1644), Scottish merchant and burgess Mary King's Close, street in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the above; Mary King, née Alsop (1769–1819), American wife of Senator Rufus King; Mary King, white bride of African-American professor William G. Allen (1853)
But even 27 years later, the story of Mary Kay and Vili continues to resonate due to the darkness of Mary Kay’s crimes and the question of whether Vili really ever stopped being a victim even ...
A Letter of Mary is the third in the Mary Russell mystery series of novels by Laurie R. King. This is the first case that Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes work on together as husband and wife. The story features a cameo by Lord Peter Wimsey.
Director Todd Haynes says the film is loosely based off of the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, a teacher who was convicted of raping a 12-year-old student, Vili Fualaau, whom she later married and ...