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        One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich


        setting

        Soviet labour camp

        time

        1950s

        language

        Russian-slavic

        region

        Eastern Europe

        year published

        1962

        page count

        188

        difficulty

        Advanced

        main characters

        Ivan Denisovich, Alyosha, Gopchik

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        At five o'clock that morning reveille was sounded, as usual, by the blows of a hammer on a length of rail hanging up near the staff quarters.

        last lines

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