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DAILY CHRONICLE.

"_The artistry of the novel, brutal, direct, detached, courageous,
desperately poignant, is not to be disputed_."
EVENING STANDARD.

"_The strength of the book is undeniable_"
SUNDAY TIMES.

"_This is a strong and fascinating story depicting the unfettered life
of a young Russian ... the background of society and Russian scenery is
excellent_."
MANCHESTER COURIER.


PREFACE
_"Sanine" is a thoroughly uncomfortable book, but it has a fierce
energy which has carried it in a very short space of time into almost
every country in Europe and at last into this country, where books,
like everything else, are expected to be comfortable. It has roused
fury both in Russia and in Germany, but, being rather a furious effort
itself, it has thriven on that, and reached an enormous success. That
is not necessarily testimony of a book's value or even of its power. On
the other hand, no book becomes international merely by its capacity
for shocking moral prejudices, or by its ability to titillate the
curiosity of the senses.


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