An NYRB Classics Original 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. 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. Petersburg to serve in faraway southern Russia. 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. With impulsive gratitude Grinyov hands over his The Captain's Daughter - Alexander Sergejevič Puškin od authora Alexander Sergejevič Puškin a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
Autor |
Alexander Sergejevič Puškin |
Jazyk |
anglický |
Počet stran |
192 |
Rok vydání |
2014 |
Žánr |
beletrie |
Nakladatelství |
The New York Review of Books |