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Nihilist Girl: An MLA Translation

Nihilist Girl: An MLA Translation

Zirin, Mary
Kovalevskaya, Sofya
Kolchevska, Natasha

Paperback

Series: MLA Texts and Translations

Literary CriticismGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $17.00

ISBN10: 0873527909
ISBN13: 9780873527903
Publisher: Modern Language Association of America
Published: Apr 1 2002
Pages: 184
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.53 Width: 5.68 Depth: 8.52
Language: English

First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the coming-of-age story of Vera Barantsova, a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Her privileged world is radically changed by Alexander I's emancipation of the serfs. Vera first hopes to follow in the footsteps of Christian martyrs, but a neighboring landowner--a liberal professor fired from his position at Saint Petersburg University and exiled to his estate--opens her eyes to the injustice in Russia.

A blend of social commentary and psychological observation, Nihilist Girl depicts the clash between a generation of youth who find their lives caught up by political action and a society unwilling to abandon its patriarchal traditions.

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