Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Anna (Anna Khlebnikova de Poltoratzky, 1770-1840) Anna (Anna Khlebnikova de Poltoratzky, 1770-1840) E. M. Almedingen Based on the journals and letters of the author's great-grandmother, this family chronicle tells of her life in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Tsarist Russia. OL1183924W
Fanny (Frances Hermione de Poltoratzky, 1850-1916) Fanny (Frances Hermione de Poltoratzky, 1850-1916) E. M. Almedingen A compilation of the writings of Frances Poltoratsky, novelist and historian, which tell of her childhood in Russia, France, and England. OL1183941W
The scarlet goose The scarlet goose E. M. Almedingen When he decides to become an artist, a Renaissance boy is disowned by disapproving brothers and friends. OL1183958W
My St. Petersburg My St. Petersburg E. M. Almedingen The author relates memories of both the good and bad sides of St. Petersburg during her childhood in that city from 1898 until just prior to the Russian Revolution. OL1183974W
Young Mark Young Mark E. M. Almedingen Chronicles the adventurous journey of a fourteen-year-old lad who leaves his eighteenth-century manor home in the Ukraine to make his way to St. Petersburg where he seeks a career as a singer. OL1183988W