Devil's Doll

Zinaida Gippius (1869–1945) — poetess and ideologist of Russian symbolism, wife of Dmitry Merezhkovsky.

For a long time, the writer's works were not published in Russia — she left her homeland during the Civil War.

From the dense St. Petersburg fog, the "decadent Madonna" wove her mystical-social novel about the beautiful Yurul — an aristocrat who lives for himself and for pleasures.

The charming hero is excellent at "playing at love" and adjusting morality for his own benefit.

While the demons of revolution are just gaining strength, and the luxurious drawing rooms eagerly absorb the whispers of their nervous guests, he still has a little time to also realize himself as a "devil's doll" in someone else's hands…