“Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.”
Oscar Wilde Vera; or, The Nihilists
Baron Raff, Act IV
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
“Fool, nothing is impossible in Russia but reform.”
Michael, Act I
Vera; or, The Nihilists (1880)
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