{"product_id":"9781590177440","title":"The Captain's Daughter","description":"An NYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Pushkin’s short novel is set  during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in  rebellion against the Russian empress. Presented as the memoir of Pyotr  Grinyov, a nobleman, \u003ci\u003eThe Captain’s Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e tells how, as a  feckless youth and fledgling officer, Grinyov was sent from St.  Petersburg to serve in faraway southern Russia. Traveling to take up  this new post, Grinyov loses his shirt gambling and then loses his way  in a terrible snowstorm, only to be guided to safety by a mysterious  peasant. With impulsive gratitude Grinyov hands over his fur coat to his  savior, never mind the cold. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon after he arrives at Fort  Belogorsk, Grinyov falls in love with Masha, the beautiful young  daughter of his captain. Then Pugachev, leader of the Cossack rebellion,  surrounds the fort. Resistance, he has made it clear, will be met with  death. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once a fairy tale and a thrilling historical novel,  this singularly Russian work of the imagination is also a timeless,  universal, and very winning story of how love and duty can summon pluck  and luck to confront calamity.","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170824536304,"sku":"9781590177440","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590177440_p0.jpg?v=1763810054","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590177440","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}