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Tempting Providence
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A moral tale questioning human attempts to challenge fate or divine order. It suggests the limits of control over life’s outcomes. Translated from Russian by Rosa Savary Graham and Stephen Graham Originally published in 1916
Aleksandr I. Kuprin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.
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