Captains Daughter Pushkin Alexander
Captains Daughter Pushkin Alexander Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion against the Russian empress. Petersburg to…
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Captains Daughter Pushkin Alexander
Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion against the Russian empress. Petersburg to serve in a remote part of southern Russia. Presented as the memoir of Pyotr Grinyov, a nobleman, The Captain's Daughter tells how, as a feckless youth and fledgling officer, Grinyov was sent from St.
With impulsive gratitude Grinyov hands over his fur coat to his savior, never mind the cold. Traveling to take up this new post, Grinyov loses his shirt gambling and then loses his way in a terrible snowstorm, only to be guided to safety by a mysterious peasant. Arrived at Fort Belogorsk, Grinyov falls in love with Masha, the beautiful young daughter of his captain.
Then Pugachev, leader of the Cossack rebellion, surrounds the fort. Resistance, he has made it clear, will be met by death. At once a fairy tale and a thrilling historical novel, this singularly Russian work of the imagination is also a timeless, universal, and very winning story of how love and duty can summon pluck and luck to confront calamity.
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