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    The Daughter of the Commandant
    The Daughter of the Commandant
    The Daughter of the Commandant
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    The Daughter of the Commandant

    Written by Alexander Pushkin

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    The Daughter of the Commandant (better known as "The Captain's Daughter") is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin, and is considered to be his finest prose work. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774. The 17-year-old Pyotr Andreyich is sent by his father to military service in a remote Russian outpost, where he leans honor and love while being caught up in a violent uprising of tribal groups against the imperial government. (Summary by Wikipedia (alt.) and Kevin Davidson)
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014

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    • 3/5
      my problem, but hard to follow who is who withe the Russian names.
    • 3/5
      The story was slow and unremarkable for the first 2/3 of the book. Also the reading was awkward and sounded like a Nickelodeon show; which I found quite annoying. I would rate the reading a 1, but the story was probably about a 4. Very hard to get through, would probably recommend just reading it yourself instead.