Prince Serebrenni

Prince Serebrenni
First edition
AuthorAleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy
Original titleКнязь Серебряный
LanguageRussian
Genrehistorical novel
PublisherRussky vestnik / Chapmann & Hall
Publication date
1862
Publication placeRussia
Media typeprint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-543-95808-6

Prince Serebrenni (Russian: Князь Серебряный) is a historical novel by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, written in 1859-1861 and first published in The Russian Messenger magazine in 1862 (Nos. 8-10, August–October issues) where it was divided into parts I (chapters 1-19, in No. 8) and II (chapters 20-40, Nos. 9 and 10).[1] Translated by Princess Galitzine for Chapmann & Hall, it came out in English in 1874.[2]

Prince Serebrenni (also known as The Silver Knight, according to the alternative translation), a novel about 16th-century Russia, inspired by the works of Sir Walter Scott and the German Romantics,[3] has become a popular young adult novel in Russia. Acknowledging its limits as a historical document, critics invariably praised the way it "imbued the readership with the ideas of justice, honesty, nobleness and human dignity."[4]

  1. ^ Tolstoy, Aleksey (1964). Collected Works, Vol 3. Commentary by I. G. Yampolsky (in Russian). Moscow: State Publishing House. pp. 569–574.
  2. ^ Tolstoy, Aleksei Konstantinovich. Prince Serebrenni. ISBN 0543958086.
  3. ^ "Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy". poemhunter.com. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. ^ Kuleshov, V.I. "Alexei Konstantinovich Tolstoy. Prince Serebrenni. The Preface". az.lib.ru. Retrieved 2011-10-10.