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From Follett
Vol. 3 of author's Plemiannitsa published in Moscow (1851) and also under the title Antonina in the almanac "Kometa" (1851).;Includes bibliographical references (page 153). Translation of a ninteenth-century Russian novel about a young woman whose life is shaped by many negative events--most especially her failed love affair with a sensitive but weak man.
From the Publisher
Patterned on the novels of the Bront sisters, Antonina is a poignant account of a young Russian whose life is shaped by the cruel neglect of her stepparents, the financial ruin of her father and husband, and--the centerpiece of the novel--her failed love affair with a sensitive but weak young man.