The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars / Edition 1

by Nadezhda Durova

Overview

" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." —Women's Review of Books

" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." —Times Literary Supplement

" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the attention of a wide audience." —Doris Grumbach, National Public Radio

In male guise, Nadezhda Durova served ten years in the Russian cavalry. The Cavalry Maiden is a lively narrative which appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780253205490
Publisher:	Indiana University Press
Publication date:	08/22/1989
Series:	Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	737,537
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Translator's Introduction: Nadezhda Durova, Russia's Cavalry Maiden

The Cavalry Maiden
"My Childhood Years"

Notes of the Cavalry Maiden
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Appendix A: Documents Relating to Durova's Commission in the Mariupol' Hussars
Appendix B: Hussar Poet Denis Davydov's Recorded Comments on Durova
Selective Bibliography of Works by and about Durova
Index