The Captain's Daughter

The Captain's Daughter
First page of the original serialized version
AuthorAleksandr Pushkin
Original titleКапитанская дочка
LanguageRussian
GenreHistorical novel
Publication date
1836
Publication placeRussia
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN0-394-70714-1
OCLC1669532
TextThe Captain's Daughter at Wikisource

The Captain's Daughter (Russian: «Капитанская дочка», romanizedKapitanskaja 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.