![]() ![]() Petersburg to serve in faraway southern Russia. Presented as the memoir of Pyotr Grinyov, a nobleman, The Captain's Daughter tells how, as a feckless youth and fledgling officer, Grinyov was sent from St. An NYRB Classics Original Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion against the Russian empress. Traveling to take up this new post, Grinyov loses his shirt gambling and then loses his way in a ter. ![]()
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