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[Kuprin] Olesya is a novelette by Alexander Kuprin written in late 1897 - early 1898 and serialized in Kievlyanin newspaper in October 30 - November 17, 1898. Olesya, the most acclaimed piece of his Polesye cycle, did much to build Kuprin`s literary reputation and warranted his move to Saint Petersburg. According to scholar Nicholas Liker, ...