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Summary

The Daughter of the Commandant (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, and is considered to be his finest prose work. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774. The 17-year-old Pyotr Andreyich is sent by his father to military service in a remote Russian outpost, where he leans honor and love while being caught up in a violent uprising of tribal groups against the imperial government. (Summary by Wikipedia (alt.) and Kevin Davidson)

Duration: about 4 hours (03:57:54)
Publishing date: 2014-08-25; Copyright Year: 1836. Copyright Statment: —

• Historical Novel
• Contemporary Fiction