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The novel is a dark tale of destructive ambition, class discrimination, domestic violence and Victorian repression, inspired by Dickens' style but with Cronin's social realism. A 1942 film adaptation starring Robert Newton.
The novella was published for the first time in 1961 in the magazine Novij mir and aroused anger among critics, pointing out that it is only "about the narrow, intimate experiences of the heroine".
Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978, Isaac Bashevis Singer is a prolific writer of novellas and short stories. And in this collection of short stories, the author's penchant for mysticism, grotesque, folklore and eroticism is expressed.