The Irish novel that seduced USSR. The Gadfly, an English-language book barely known in the West became a sensation behind the Iron Curtain, writes Benjamin Ramm. (Article in BBC – Culture) – http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170119-the-irish-novel-that-seduced-the-ussr One of the most popular English-language novels of the 20th Century is almost unknown in the English-speaking world – a global phenomenonContinue reading ““The Gadfly”, Ethel Lilian Voynich – “one of the most exciting novels”, as Bertrand Russell stated”