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    A Soothing Dream
    A Soothing Dream
    A Soothing Dream
    Audiobook12 minutes

    A Soothing Dream

    Written by Fedor Sologub

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    Fedor Sologub (1863-1927) was a Russian mystic and realist and one of the great novelists and short story writers of the Dostoyevsky school.

    A favourite theme of his was reincarnation, which he uses very powerfully in his story

    A Soothing Dream, which describes the last weeks of a dying boy's life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateMay 20, 2015
    ISBN9781467698450
    A Soothing Dream

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