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  • They kept calling Varvara and asking for things, and she was constantly with a distracted face running breathlessly into the kitchen, where the man cook from

    The Witch, and other stories 2004

  • They kept calling Varvara and asking for things, and she was constantly with a distracted face running breathlessly into the kitchen, where the man cook from Kostukov's and the woman cook from Hrymin

    The Witch and other stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

  • Anna Grevelius as Varvara, the orphan brought up in Kabanicha's household, who encourages Katya's adultery, simply sparkles with rebellion, as she goes to meet her own lover, Vanya Kudrjas, the schoolteacher, handsomely sung and sweetly acted by Alfie Boe.

    ENO Offers Opera Treat Paul Levy 2010

  • Anna Grevelius as Varvara, the orphan brought up in Kabanicha's household, who encourages Katya's adultery, simply sparkles with rebellion, as she goes to meet her own lover, Vanya Kudrjas, the schoolteacher, handsomely sung and sweetly acted by Alfie Boe.

    ENO Offers Opera Treat Paul Levy 2010

  • Lavretsky's unfaithful wife Varvara is naturally a devotee.

    Ten of the best card games in literature 2010

  • Anna Grevelius as Varvara, the orphan brought up in Kabanicha's household, who encourages Katya's adultery, simply sparkles with rebellion, as she goes to meet her own lover, Vanya Kudrjas, the schoolteacher, handsomely sung and sweetly acted by Alfie Boe.

    ENO Offers Opera Treat Paul Levy 2010

  • Dostoyevsky's tale covers a short period of time during which Stepan and Varvara carry on a love-hate relationship, while Nikolay courts a local beauty, despite his being married for five years to someone else.

    David Finkle: First Nighter: Peter Stein Scores with Dostoyevsky's The Demons for 12 Hours! 2010

  • He put on a long peasant coat over a cotton jacket, said goodbye to Aleksandra and Varvara, and the group set out.

    'The Death of Tolstoy' 2010

  • In 1920 Varvara received a permanent position at the Botanical Institute of the Academy of Sciences.

    Varvara Alexandrovna Brilliant-Lerman. 2009

  • In spite of formidable difficulties Varvara entered the St. Petersburg Bestuzhev Advanced Courses for Women (Vyschie Zhenskie Kursy) — a prime objective of hundreds of young women from all over the Russian Empire, due to the high standards of education and the superior caliber of its professors, who were drawn mostly from St. Petersburg University.

    Varvara Alexandrovna Brilliant-Lerman. 2009

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