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The story revolves around three sisters who fantasize about marrying the Tsar, each envisioning their contributions. The youngest sister, who desires to give the Tsar a strong son rather than wealth, ultimately wins his heart. As the Tsar goes to war, a letter reveals the birth of their son, but it is intercepted by the jealous sisters and mother-in-law, leading to a tragic plot against the mother and child. This tale, crafted by Alexander Pushkin, showcases themes of jealousy, ambition, and the consequences of betrayal, highlighting Pushkin's significance in Russian literature.

This lesser-known novella by one of the great masters of Russian literature and the author of Fathers and Children, now available to English readers in Hugh Aplin's lucid translation, is presented here with 'Yakov Pasynkov', another story exploring the nature of love and human relations.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.