Katia (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Martha Edith von Almedingen
- First Published: 1966
- Time of Work: 1834–1842
- Setting: Tver and Kursk, Russia, and the Ukraine
- Principal Characters: Catherine Almedingen, Sophie, Uncle Nicholas Mirkov, Aunt Marie Mirkov, Nina Mirkov, Volodia Mirkov, Kolia Mirkov, Nadia
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Memory, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Autobiography, Upper classes, Tragedy, Loneliness, Biography, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: Russia, Ukraine
Form and Content
Written as a first-person narrative, Katia tells the story of a little Russian girl of an upper-class family, from the death of her mother in 1834 when she was five until 1842, when she entered the Catherine Nobility Institute in Moscow. Although it is often classified as fiction, E. M. Almedingen’s book is based on the autobiographical work Istoryya malen’koy dyevochki (1874; the story of a little girl), one of the classic children’s books of Russia that was written by Almedingen’s great-aunt, Catherine Almedingen.
Except for an...
[The entire page is 1442 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
