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Excerpt From Colleen Lucey's "Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia," Part II
Hoodwinked by the establishment’s malicious and conniving madam, Aleksandra Pakhomovna, Luiza agrees to join the brothel.
Excerpt From Colleen Lucey's "Love for Sale: Representing Prostitution in Imperial Russia," Part I
The Great Reforms, initiated by Tsar Alexander II in the aftermath of Russia’s crushing defeat in the Crimean War (1853–56), brought significant changes to the country’s social and legal institutions...