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Vera Zhelikhovskaya

Russian writer (1835–1896) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vera Zhelikhovskaya
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Vera Zhelikhovsky (Russian: Ве́ра Петро́вна Желихо́вская; Ukrainian: Віра Желіховська Петрівна; April 29, 1835 – May 17, 1896), sometimes transliterated as Vera Jelihovsky, was a Russian writer, mostly of children's stories. She was Madame Blavatsky's sister.

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Vera Zhelikhovsky.

Vera Zhelikhovsky wrote also fantastic stories with heroes having secret knowledge like Cornelius Agrippa, shamans, and Oriental magicians.

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English translations

  • The General's Will, (Short novel), from Mystery Tales, The Continental Classics Vol 18, Harper and Brothers, 1909.

Sources

  •  "Желиховская, Вера Петровна" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.


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