My father, Andrej Petrovitch Grineff, after serving in his youth under Count Muenich, had retired in 17 - with the rank of senior major. Since that time he had always lived on his estate in the district of Simbirsk, where he married Avdotia, the eldest daughter of a poor gentleman in the neighbourhood. Of the nine children born of this union I alone survived; all my brothers and sisters died young. I had been enrolled as sergeant in the Semenofsky regiment by favour of the major of the Guard, Prince Banojik, our near relation. I was supposed to be away on leave till my education was finished. At that time we were brought up in another manner than is usual now.
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Author: Pushkin, Alexksandr Sergeevich
Publisher: 1st World Library - Literary Society
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: The Daughter of the Commandant
Pages: 00180 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2008-10-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9781421888033
Category: Fiction : General