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    « The arrival of a foreigner and a stranger at my aunt’s house » : l’étrange et l’étranger dans The Moonstone (1868) de Wilkie Collins by Constance Collin

    Published 2008-12-01
    “…Indeed, the mystery is first and foremost that of the Indian diamond, stolen by a British colonel and then left as a legacy to his niece. If the plot evolves around strange and magical events and around the superstitions and legends that surround the stone, it mainly takes place on the West Yorkshire coast, in the house of the respectable Verinder family. …”
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    Казнь после казни: власть и тело преступника после смерти в России начала XVIII в. by Елена Марасинова

    Published 2025-05-01
    “…Historians point to the tradition of burying executed individuals outside the cemetery grounds, in "poor houses” (ubogie doma), in common nameless graves without religious rites. …”
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