ENGLISH LITERATURE IN RUSSIA
DICKENS VERY POPULAR. “The works of Dickens are very popular in Russia, and among the youth of the Soviet such favourites of the youngsters of English-speak-ing countries as Tom Sawyer and Robinson Crusoe are read with avidity,” declared Mr George Ashton in an address on education in Russia at Christchurch. He said that all literature that contained elements contrary to the principles of the Soviet was shut out, but as stolen grapes were always the sweetest be fully expected that Russian youth would find the means of exploring the great masterpieces of English literature, whether they were banned or not.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12595, 12 March 1934, Page 7
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104ENGLISH LITERATURE IN RUSSIA Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12595, 12 March 1934, Page 7
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