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* MatronChaperone: Downplayed with Fräulein Pfuhl who always accompanies Elizaveta outside her mansion, including during Kokorin's suicide and later, Fandorin's interrogation (where she proves to be the much better witness of the two). Pfuhl does little to get in the way of Elizaveta and Fandorin's romance, if only because the first time she chaperones them, he is so far below Elizaveta's station, he doesn't warrant attention (plus, he is a cop, which additionally removes him as a potential suitor), and by the time they meet again, Fandorin has sufficiently risen through the ranks and has been effectively vetted and cleared by Elizaveta's father.
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The first of fifteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which took the character from 1876 to 1919. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. An English-language adaptation of this novel, to be directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven [[Film/BasicInstinct who is an expert]] on FemmeFatale stories, languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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The first of fifteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which took the character from 1876 to 1919. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. Another premiered in 2023. An English-language adaptation of this novel, to be directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven [[Film/BasicInstinct who is an expert]] on FemmeFatale stories, languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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The first of fourteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which has taken the character from 1876 to 1914. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. An English-language adaptation of this novel, to be directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven [[Film/BasicInstinct who is an expert]] on FemmeFatale stories, languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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The first of fourteen fifteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which has taken took the character from 1876 to 1914.1919. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. An English-language adaptation of this novel, to be directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven [[Film/BasicInstinct who is an expert]] on FemmeFatale stories, languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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* SurvivalThroughSelfSacrifice: A young Literature/ErastFandorin is manipulated by Count Zurov into playing a card game for his life -- which he loses, because Zurov cheats. Nonetheless, Fandorin decides that since he was dumb enough to fall for that trick, he doesn't deserve to live, and shoots himself in the head with Zurov's revolver. However, this turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter from Zurov, who, upon seeing that Fandorin really intends to kill himself in self-punishment (rather than in a fit of hysterical bravado, as he was expecting him to), has his manservant surreptitiously remove the bullets from his revolver before handing it over to Fandorin.
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** Amalia is just about the only KarmaHoudini in the Fandorin universe. Fandorin often suffers, and his victories can be bittersweet or pyrrhic, but the bad guy almost always gets it. Not Amalia, however, who escapes punishment.
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** Amalia is just about the only a rare example of a KarmaHoudini in the Fandorin universe. Fandorin often suffers, and his victories can be bittersweet or pyrrhic, but the bad guy almost always gets it. Not Amalia, however, who escapes punishment. (The Fandorin series would not have another KarmaHoudini until the next-to-last Fandorin novel, ''Literature/BlackCity''.)
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The first of fourteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which has taken the character from 1876 to 1914. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. An English-language adaptation of this novel languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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The first of fourteen novels in the wildly popular (in Russia, at least) Fandorin series, which has taken the character from 1876 to 1914. A Russian television series adaptation of ''The Winter Queen'' was produced in 2002. An English-language adaptation of this novel novel, to be directed by Creator/PaulVerhoeven [[Film/BasicInstinct who is an expert]] on FemmeFatale stories, languished in DevelopmentHell for years and years, and does not appear to be forthcoming.
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* AntiVillain: A hallmark of the Fandorin series. In this first installment, Lady Astair and the Astair Houses are doing unquestioned good for the world, picking talented young orphan boys, cultivating those talents, and then placing them in areas where they can advance the cause of human progress. Unfortunately Lady Astair doesn't hesitate to do stuff like murder young wastrel aristocrats so she can get her hands on their money, for the cause.
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* AntiVillain: A hallmark of the Fandorin series. In this first installment, Lady Astair and the Astair Houses are doing unquestioned good for the world, picking talented young orphan boys, cultivating those talents, and then placing them in areas where they can advance the cause of human progress. Unfortunately Lady Astair doesn't hesitate to do stuff like murder young wastrel aristocrats so she can get her hands on their money, for the cause.
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** The resident MadScientist at the Moscow Astair House waxes rhapsodic about how electricity will change the world in the 21st century.
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* LifeWillKillYou: Count Zurov tells Fandorin about a friend he had once, an army officer who participated in the most brutal fights but died in the peacetime of an accidental alcohol poisoning.
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* LifeWillKillYou: Count Zurov tells Fandorin about a friend he had once, an army officer who participated in the most brutal fights but died in the peacetime of an accidental alcohol poisoning.
