READING CIRCLE OF THE CENTRAL BLACK EARTH NOBILITY IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURIES by A. G. Topilsky, R. M. Zhitin

“…The daily appeal to books and the culture of thoughtful reading itself were due to the difficulties in acquiring (in comparison with the capitals) new publications. The shelves of bibliophiles could contain French atheistic writings and religious texts, books of economic importance and novels for easy reading. …”
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