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Also by Rachel Pastan:

In the Field, August 2022
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In the Field, August 2021
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Alena, February 2014
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Lady of the Snakes, January 2008
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LADY OF THE SNAKES
By: Rachel Pastan

Lady of the Snakes will be instantly familiar?and instantly unforgettable?to any woman who has ever aspired to have it all.

Harcourt
January 2008
On Sale: January 1, 2008
Featuring: Jane Levitsky
320 pages
ISBN: 0151013691
EAN: 9780151013692
Hardcover
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Contemporary | Fiction

Jane Levitsky is a bright light in the field of nineteenth-century Russian literature, making her name as an expert on the novels of Grigory Karkov and the diaries of his wife, the long-suffering Masha Karkova. Jane is also wife to sweet, reasonable Billy and mother to lovable (if demanding) Maisie, roles she’s finding surprisingly challenging to juggle along with her ambitions. But when Jane uncovers evidence that Masha may have been more than muse and helpmeet to her famous husband, she seizes her ticket to academic superstardom. Little does she know that she has set in motion a chain of events that will come perilously close to unraveling both her marriage and her career.

Lady of the Snakes will be instantly familiar—and instantly unforgettable—to any woman who has ever aspired to have it all.

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Fresh Air - NPR - May 19, 2008