Author: Pushkin, Alexander
Price: $13.38
Category:Reference
Publication Date:2011T
Pages:162
Binding:Paperback
ISBN:10:1466204354
ISBN:13:9781466204355
“The Captain’s Daughter” (Kapitanskaya dochka) is regarded as Pushkin’s best prose work. It was first published in 1836 in the literary journal Sovremennik. This historical novel is dedicated to the events of the Pugachev’s Rebellion in Russia in 1773-1775. It tells the story of a 17-years-old officer, Peter Grineff, sent by his father into military service. Peter was assigned to a small fortress of Belogorsk, where he fell in love with Maria, the daughter of the commandant… This edition includes illustrations by Pavel Sokolov and other artists of 18-19th century: V.L. Borovikovski, Vladimirov, S.V. Ivanov and V.G. Perov. (Russian edition – Kapitanskaya dochka)
