The Daughter of the Commandant by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
"The Daughter of the Commandant" by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin is a historical novel first published in 1836. Set during Pugachev's Rebellion of 1773–1774, it follows young officer Pyotr Grinyov as he navigates love, loyalty, and survival. When rebel leader Pugachev captures his remote fortress, Pyotr must balance his devotion to the captain's daughter Masha with impossible choices between duty and honor. Their fate becomes entangled with both a ruthless insurgency and the
Russian Empress herself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 |
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| Translator | Milne-Home, Mary Pamela |
| Title | The Daughter of the Commandant |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Captain%27s_Daughter |
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E-text prepared by Robert Shimmin, Gene Smethers, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team HTML file produced by David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Russia -- History -- Catherine II, 1762-1796 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Pugachev, Emelian Ivanovich, -1775 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 13511 |
| Release Date | Sep 22, 2004 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 28, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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