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Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869-1945)

'Sisters', a poem. n.d.

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    Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869-1945)

    'Sisters', a poem. n.d.

    Price Realised GBP 2,000
    Price Realised GBP 2,000
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    Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius (1869-1945)
    'Sisters', a poem. n.d.
    Autograph manuscript poem, 'Sestry' ('Sisters'), n.p., n.d.

    In Russian. A fair copy in purple ink, title and four lines on one leaf, 270 x 201mm, numbered 'IV' in autograph at upper margin.

    Ty Zhizni vse prostil: igru,
    Obidu, bol' i dazhe skuchnost'.
    A temnookuyu yeye Sestru?
    A strannuyu ikh nerazluchnost'?...

    The title is more usually given as 'Dve Sestry' ('Two Sisters'), one of two Gippius poems with that title.



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