He kept himself solitary and chaste. He devoted himself to poetry.

他过着孤独朴素的生活，致力于诗歌创作。

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When he was lodged he liked living in your basic Russian wooden, peasant house, such as you could find on the outskirts of Moscow.

当他要投宿时,他喜欢住在朴素的俄式农舍,就如你能在莫斯科郊外找到的那种

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