Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Dmitri a Dramatic Sketch From Russian History
In dealing with the character of Dmitri, the author, whilst preserving its most salient features, has sought to depict the strange complexities and contra dictions, which would seem inseparable from the individuality of one who had made deception his rule of life, and whose very success had filled him with a cynical contempt for those whom he had deceived but it is only in the incidents which serve as the groundwork of the plot - such as the pretender's te cognition by Marpha, his marriage with Marina, the pardon of Schouiski, the fidelity of Basmanoff, and the émeute which ended in his death - that any attempt has been made to preserve strict historical accuracy.
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