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The Captain's Daughter

Author
Alexander Pushkin
Series
Pushkin's Prose
Language
Russian
Length
122 pages
ISBN
9781787361324
Published
9 February 2020
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • Pushkin
  • prose
  • love
  • romance
  • relationships
  • society
  • psychological
  • nihilism
  • symbolism
  • classic

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Description

Arriving in Orenburg, Pyotr reports to his commanding officer and is assigned to serve at Fort Belogorsky under captain Ivan Mironov. The fort is little more than a fence around a village, and the captain's wife Vasilisa is really in charge. Pyotr befriends his fellow officer Shvabrin, who has been banished here after a duel resulted in the death of his opponent. When Pyotr dines with the Mironov family, he meets their daughter Masha and falls in love with her.

Author

Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) stands at the head of Russian literature — the poet later novelists still answer. Eugene Onegin made a novel in verse; the tales, plays, and lyrics gave Russian a new natural brilliance, as if the language had been waiting for him. Pushkin wrote with golden speed: wit, passion, and a clarity that feels conversational even at full music.

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