My St. Petersburg (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Martha Edith von Almedingen
- First Published: 1969
- Time of Work: 1898–1917
- Setting: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Principal Characters: Martha Edith von Almedingen
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Family or family life, Adolescence, Authors or writers, Autobiography, Education or educators, Poverty or poor people, City life, Separation, Russia or Russian people, Russian Revolution
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
Form and Content
In the fourteen chapters of My St. Petersburg: A Reminiscence of Childhood, the last being a brief epilogue, E. M. Almedingen discusses the founding and early history of St. Petersburg: the beautiful parks, bridges, and buildings; the slums; the lavish stores and colorful markets; the seasons and harsh weather; and some of the people, both important and simple, of the cosmopolitan capital. Although the incidents are not arranged in chronological order, the book starts with historical background and ends with the first riots of the 1917 Russian...
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