Like a matryoshka nesting doll, Russia's splendid capital city reveals itself in layers.

像俄罗斯套娃一样，俄罗斯璀璨耀眼的首都也将本人有层次地展现给世人。

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Mr. Burton often employs digressions from digressions from digressions, so that his themes, like a Russian nesting doll, lie embedded within successive shells of narrative.

WSJ: Robert Burton | The Anatomy of Melancholy | Digressions on a Diagnosis | Masterpiece by Danny Heitman