The Captain’s Daughter (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Alexander Pushkin
- First Published: 1836
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: c. 1774
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Eighteenth century, Soldiers, Duels or dueling, Russia or Russian people, Fortresses
- Locales: Russia
Places Discussed
*Simbirsk (sihm-BEERSK). Russian town (later renamed Ulyanovsk) on the Volga River 485 miles east of Moscow. In one of Simbirsk’s surrounding rural regions, Piotr’s father received a plot of land, probably after his career of military service. The town’s distance from the civilized cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg serves to show that his military service was, although honest, perhaps less than brilliant. This is also suggested when he reads in the “Court Calendar” that his peers are now high-ranking general officers. In a Simbirsk tavern, the young...
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