(Mumu) The Two Prima Donnas & The Dumb Door Porter
London: Tinsley Brothers, 1862.
First English translation of Ivan Turgenev's story "Mumu" (here called "The Dumb Door Porter") , included at the end of a volume that begins with the novel Two Prima Donnas by another author. viii, 246, [4, ads] pp. Publisher's pebbled green cloth with gilt spine lettering, yellow endpapers. About Very Good with fallen textblock, extremities worn and tips slightly exposed, hinges cracked, a few reading smudges in text. Turgenev's story influenced 19th and 20th century Russian society immensely through its frank portrayal of Russian serfdom; this translation preceded the boom in Russian lit in the later part of the 19th century. Line p. 54. Item #140939854
Price: $250.00