Publisher's Synopsis
The Captain's Daughter is a historical novel by the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin. It was first published in 1836 in the fourth issue of the literary journal Sovremennik. The novel is a romanticized account of Pugachev's Rebellion in 1773-1774. The title "The Captain's Daughter" has also been used to refer to a collection of stories, one of which was the actual novel. (wikipedia.org)
