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Grand Hotel Europa

by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer (Goodreads Author)

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Het achtste leven [voor Brilka]

by Nino Haratischwili

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Verzamelde werken 2: Verhalen

by Leo Tolstoy

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Jan said: " 17 january 2023
For now I have only read the last story in this volume 2 of the collected works of Tolstoy, ‘The death of Ivan Ilych’ (in my Dutch edition: Tolstoj ‘De dood van Iwan Iljitsj’). later more.
With great sensitivity Tolstoy writes a lively ...more "

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