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1. Ukranian.
2. Trained as a civil servant.
3. First post at the Ministry of Justice.
4. Reportedly homosexual.
5. Jilted by Desiree, for a baritone.
6. Ill-starred marriage to Antonina, followed by a little rest cure in Switzerland.
7. A premiere hissed in Vienna.
8. Violin concerto once described as full of vodka.
9. Works compared by critics to Dostoyevsky.
10. Sudden death at 53 usually ascribed to either cholera or suicide.
11. Patronized by a woman he never met, but with whom he exchanged over a thousand letters.
12. Her son later married his niece.
13. Described one of his best-known works as loud and probably without much artistic merit, and said that he wasn't tremendously fond of it.
14. A favorite of Tsar Alexander III, who gave him the Order of St. Vladimir (fourth class).
15. Conducted at the opening of Carnegie Hall.
16. Honorary Doctor of Music from Cambridge.
17. His operas were command performances for Alexander III, making his reputation in Russia.
18. Died, pathetically, nine days after the premiere of his Sixth Symphony. Audience was stunned and silent at the first performance; the second was a memorial and had a better reception.
19. One of his ballets is very popular this time of year. ]]> <![CDATA[Susanna voted on the book list Sheep on the cover]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/user_vote/233611 Susanna added Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? to the book list Sheep on the cover

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]]> <![CDATA[Susanna added 'Adam of the Road']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78781097 to: Adam of the Road (Puffin Modern Classics) by Elizabeth Gray Vining
]]> <![CDATA[new comment from Susanna]]> http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5426-what-are-you-reading Susanna made a comment in the The Next Best Book Club group:

Robyn wrote: "The next on my list isThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Has anybody read this one and, if so, did you enjoy it? I have heard good things."

I really liked it, and it was a really fast read, unfortunately (as I didn't want it to end). ]]> <![CDATA[Susanna added 'The Last of the Mohicans']]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78772292 to: The Last of the Mohicans (Bantam Classics) by James Fenimore Cooper
]]> <![CDATA[Susanna made a comment on the list Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction]]> http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/258.Most_Inaccurate_Historical_Fiction Susanna made a comment on the list Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction:

True, that. ]]> <![CDATA[Susanna made a comment on Susanna's profile]]> http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1109068-susanna Susanna made a comment on Susanna's profile:

Then answer it! I'm running out of clues! ]]> <![CDATA[Susanna voted on a question]]> http://www.goodreads.com/

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What does Mr. J.L.B. Matekone bring home from his visit to the orphan farm?Tears of the Giraffe see if you know the answer »

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Kazuo Ishiguro won the Booker Prize in 1989 for which of his novels? see if you know the answer »

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