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A Double Life by Karolina Pavlova quadrille For the first time thisAn unsung classic of nineteenth century Russian literature. In A Double Life, young aristocrat Cecily lives the routines of highsociety balls, teas, suitorsearching imposed by her mother. But at night, behind closed doors, Cecilys soul stirs with poetic dreams and shes free to imagine a different life of true feeling, art, and autonomy. An unsung classic of nineteenth century Russian literature, Karolina Pavlova's A Double Life alternates prose and