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The Silver Dove, published four years before Bely's masterpiece Petersburg, is considered the first modern Russian novel. Breaking with Russian realism, and a pioneering Symbolist work, its vividly drawn characters, elemental landscapes, and rich style make it accessible to the Western reader. Dissatisfied with the life of the intelligentsia, the poet Daryalsky joins a rural mystic sect, the Silver Doves. The locals, in particular the peasant woman Matryona, are fascinated by the dashing stranger. Daryalsky is in turn taken in by the Doves' intimacy with the mystical and spiritual--and by Matryona. Under the influence of Kudeyarov, the ruthless cult leader, Daryalsky is used in a bid to produce a sacred child. But in time the poet disappoints the Doves and must face their suspicions and jealousies--and his own inevitable dire fate.
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The Silver Dove
June 14, 2001, Northwestern University Press
Paperback
in English
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Serebri︠a︡nyĭ golubʹ: povestʹ v semi glavakh
1989, "Khudozh. lit-ra"
in Russian
5280013129 9785280013124
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The silver dove
1974, Grove Press ; distributed by Random House, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English
0802100465 9780802100467
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The Silver Dove
1974, Grove Press : distributed by Random House, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English and Russian
0802100449 9780802100443
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