In the 1860s, in the casino resort town of Wiesbaden, Germany, a reformed gambling addict, Pauline Ostrovsky, tenderly nurses the talented Russian writer Fedja, who is a physical wreck.
July 26, 1882 in Paris, France
23 July 1891, Bangor, Maine, USA
11 May 1895, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
23 March 1917, Oakland, California, USA
23 December 1904, New York City, New York, USA
April 11, 1881 in New York City, New York, USA
18 April 1903, St. Petersburg, Russia
7 November 1909, St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
6 December 1900, Clinton, Massachusetts, USA
February 7, 1901 in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England, UK
April 8, 1875 in Preßburg, Austria-Hungary [now Bratislava, Slovakia]
23 November 1909, New York City, New York, USA
April 16, 1882 in London, England, UK
5 April 1901, Macon, Georgia, USA
December 4, 1871 in London, England, UK
5 April 1883, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 April 1904, New Jersey, USA
August 24, 1897 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
October 25, 1907 in Tripoli, Greece
January 2, 1897 in Bucharest, Romania
July 31, 1892 in Sydney, Australia
28 March 1892, Los Angeles, California, USA
16 September 1894
21 February 1896, Newark, New Jersey, USA
April 1, 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
May 5, 1925 in Pecatonica, Illinois, USA
3 January 1908, Concho, Arizona, USA
19 August 1913, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
October 4, 1914 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
