![]() Grinyov reaches his post and falls in love with the captain’s daughter. In exchange Grinev gives him his fur jacket to thank him. On their way they are caught up in a snowstorm and they are saved by a man who leads them to a shelter. The Captain’s Daughter recounts the story of young Grinyov, who starts out as a dissipated, foolish nobleman and is sent to serve in the army, accompanied by the faithful servant Savelych. A new translation and introduction that does justice to Pushkin’s prose, which is brilliant, concise, ironic and fresh. ![]() The book also includes The Station Master (from the Tales of Belkin) and the Queen of Spades. ![]() ![]() The Captain’s Daughter is a wonderful short historical novel/novella by Pushkin, a masterpiece in concision and laconicity that so far has not been sufficiently understood or appreciated. ![]()
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