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Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница) is a play by Alexander Ostrovsky that premiered on 22 November [O.S. 10 November] 1878 at the Maly Theater and first published in the January 1879 issue of Otechestvennye Zapiski.
In «Without a Dowry» one of the most prominent motifs is the idea of the artist, reinforced by the search for the meaning of life and the desire to unriddle its mysteries, and the attempt to distinguish good from evil.
James Tissot: Without a Dowry (1883) James Tissot (1836 – 1902) was the story-teller of elegant Victorian life. Without a Dowry is one of Tissot’s fifteen paintings in a series called La Femme à Paris. The picture is also known as Sunday in the Luxembourg Garden.
Oct 23, 2019 · In the case of a divorce without reason, a man was required to give his wife the dowry she brought as well as the bride price he paid. If the woman died childless, her dowry reverted to her family. In ancient Greece, the usual practice was to give a bride price.
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Nov 25, 2016 · Larisa Ogudolova, unlike her sisters, refuses to obey her mother's wish that she marry a wealthy old man in order to collect a dowry. She falls in love with a dashing scoundrel who betrays her in...
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Without a Dowry (Russian: Бесприданница) is a 1936 Soviet drama movie directed by Yakov Protazanov. The movie is based on Alexander Ostrovsky's play Without a Dowry (1878). It stars Nina Alisova, Olga Pyzhova, and Anatoly Ktorov. Actors
