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My gf's Russian mother just sent me this with the message: "Imagine trying to transcribe this for eventual publication…."

Dostoyevsky's original manuscript of The Brothers Karamzazov

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I've asked Lu if she can read any of it, with a link to a larger image. No answer yet! (But she is 93...)

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WOW! My cat's foot prints make more sense than that.
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My gf's Russian mother just sent me this with the message: "Imagine trying to transcribe this for eventual publication…."
His editor must have been a former high school English (I mean Russian) teacher. No one else could make sense of this.
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WOW! My cat's foot prints make more sense than that.
The first thing I thought of when I saw the mss was some of JRR Tolkien's drawings of Middle Earth- but after a heavy night of drinking at the local pub.
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The first thing I thought of when I saw the mss was some of JRR Tolkien's drawings of Middle Earth- but after a heavy night of drinking at the local pub.
I also thought of JRR Tolkien's Middle Earth drawings!!You think you have trouble deciphering old family correspondenceYou think you have trouble deciphering old family correspondence

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