Ashenden · Character
Professor Z.
A reclusive academic with secret knowledge.
minor
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Professor Z. shows up with force in Love and Russian Literature. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A key figure with absolute authority over Czechs in Russia, though he has scruples that require some operations to be kept from him.
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