Paul Patoff

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F. Marion Crawford's Paul Patoff begins with a narrator addressing a lady: "you have asked me to tell you a story," and admitting not yet knowing what it will be about. The book is divided into twenty-four chapters.

The scenes in the samples involve the brothers Paul and Alexander Patoff. In one, the two Russians meet two veiled Turkish ladies on a narrow path. Alexander says the Turkish words "Pek güzel," and the ladies' attendant strikes at him with a cane, and Paul catches the man's hand in the air. In another, a man tells the narrator that Alexander lies at the bottom of the Bosphorus, and the narrator replies that Paul has come back swearing he will find some trace of him. A third passage describes Madame Patoff's love for Alexander and his selfish, willful character.

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F. Marion Crawford

Francis Marion Crawford (1854-1909) was an American novelist known for his prolific output and vivid foreign settings, shaped by long residence in Italy and travels through India and the Middle East. He wrote historical romances, ghost stories, and adventure fiction.