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- 1 2 David Holbrook (1997). Tolstoy, Woman, and Death: A Study of War and Peace and Anna Karenina. p. 55.
- 1 2 Anthony Ferguson (2014). The Sex Doll: A History. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 169.
- ↑ Randall Jarrell (2002). Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories: An Anthology. New York Review Books. p. 278.
