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Author | Aleksandr Pushkin |
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Original title | Капитанская дочка |
Language | Russian |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publication date | 1836 |
Publication place | Russia |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
ISBN | 0-394-70714-1 |
OCLC | 1669532 |
Text | The Captain's Daughter at Wikisource |
The Captain's Daughter (Russian: «Капитанская дочка», romanized: Kapitanskaja dočka) is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik and is his only completed novel. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773–1774. The title "The Captain's Daughter" has also been used to refer to a collection of stories, one of which was the actual novel.