The Samovar Girl by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
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| Author | Moore, Frederick Ferdinand, 1881-1947 |
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| LoC No. | 21010335 |
| Title | The Samovar Girl |
| Original Publication | United States: D. Appleton and Company,1921. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Samovar_Girl |
| Note | Reading ease score: 81.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | D A Alexander, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https: //www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Summary | "The Samovar Girl" by Frederick Ferdinand Moore is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The storyline begins in a harsh Siberian exile settlement known as the Valley of Despair, exploring the life of young Peter Gorekin, whose father is a political exile. As Peter navigates the struggles of life under oppressive conditions, he becomes entwined with Katerin Kirsakoff, the daughter of the Governor, against the backdrop of political turmoil and societal upheaval. At the start of the novel, the reader is introduced to Peter, a ten-year-old boy, as he works with his father, a bootmaker, amidst the bleakness of their frozen surroundings. Peter's life is characterized by poverty and fear of the Cossack soldiers, but it takes a tragic turn when his father is attacked and ultimately killed for a perceived slight against the Governor. Peter is then taken away to prison, leaving behind not only his father but the warmth of home and the glimmer of hope for better days, setting the stage for a complex interplay of nobility, oppression, and the search for safety in a tumultuous period of history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Siberia (Russia) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Russia (Federation) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 67865 |
| Release Date | Apr 18, 2022 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 57 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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