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The Miracle Doctor from Mauritius is a novel by Richard Lewinsohn, published in 1966. The work explores humanity's fascination with eternal youth and the search for the elixir of life.
The story is set in medieval Zagreb and deals with the conflict between love and cruel justice. The plot follows a young girl, Janja, whose beloved, Jurko, is unjustly convicted and executed on the false charge of murdering the son of a prominent citizen.
The novel was published in 1862, and in it Turgenev deals with the archetypal relationship between young and old, past and future, old and new values of mid-19th-century Russia.
An epic tale of love, loss, and survival during the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The main character, Scarlett O'Hara, the spoiled daughter of a wealthy Georgia plantation owner, faces dramatic changes when the war destroys her world.