The Blizzard (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander Pushkin
- First Published: 1831
- Type of Plot: Coming of age
- Time of Work: 1811-1816
- Setting: Country estates in provincial Russia
- Principal Characters: Marya Gavrilovna, Gavrila Gavrilovitch R——, Praskovya Petrovna R——, Vladimir Nikolayevitch, Colonel Burmin
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: Blizzards, Love or romance, War, Death or dying, Weddings, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia
The Story
Marya Gavrilovna, the seventeen-year-old daughter of a wealthy landowner in provincial Russia, has formed her ideas of romance by reading French romantic novels. She develops an infatuation for Vladimir Nikolayevitch, a poor army subaltern, who returns her love. Her parents consider him unacceptable for their daughter and forbid them to see each other. They continue, however, to meet in secret. When winter comes and their secret meetings become impossible, they agree to a secret wedding, planning to return later and throw themselves at her parents’ feet, confident...
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