The Novice (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Mikhail Lermontov
- First Published: 1840
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Narrative
- Time of Work: 1840
- Setting: The Caucasus mountains, Georgia, Russia
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Intellectuals, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Europe or Europeans, Exile or expatriates, Censorship, Constitutional law, Russia or Russian people, Nobility
- Locales: Caucasus, Georgia, Russia
Characters Discussed
The novice, a novice monk in a monastery near the Caucasus mountains, Georgia, Russia. He was brought there as a prisoner of war at the age of six, after being captured in his native mountain village by the occupying Russian forces. On the journey to the Russian town of Tiflis, the boy, who was of a delicate constitution, fell ill. He was taken to the monastery and placed in the care of the monks. Having inherited his father’s proud and free disposition, he never complained. He stubbornly refused food and drink but was saved from death by the...
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