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Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.

Between Countess Nordston and Levin there had been established those relations, not infrequent in society, in which two persons, while ostensibly remaining on friendly terms, are contemptuous of each other to such a degree that they cannot even treat each other seriously and cannot even insult each one another.

Approximate author period: c. 1869 AD · industrial

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Leo Tolstoy
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Approximate author period: c. 1869 AD · industrial
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Leo Tolstoy: Colour photographic portrait, 1908

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