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The Master of Petersburg is a work of historical fiction that explores the personal and political world of Fyodor Dostoyevsky during the late nineteenth century in St.β―Petersburg. Set against the backdrop of preβrevolutionary Russia, the novel examines themes of authority, rebellion, art, and imagination through the lens of a literary figure in a tumultuous era.
First publish date: 1994
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: J. M. Coetzee
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