The Russian Zorro, or The True Story of the Noble Outlaw Vladimir Dubrovsky
12 hrs. 40 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Dmitriy Miropolsky
Author
Dmitriy Miropolsky
Narrator
Gennady Smirnov
Narrator
Gennady Smirnov
Description
A new historical-adventure novel by Dmitry Miropolsky reveals one of the most important court secrets of the 19th century—one in which the guard officer Dubrovsky was involved.
A dashing cavalryman brawler and a capital rake, a hero-lover and a guard officer for whom honor comes first—he becomes a robber when a powerful neighbor takes away his estate, and his love for the enemy’s daughter makes the young man the most unhappy person in the world.
In the autumn of 1832, a friend told this story to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Russia’s foremost man of letters, in dire need of money, tried to turn the simple plot into a boulevard novel. Soon the idea bored him; Pushkin threw away the drafts so that he wouldn’t return to them ever again…
…But in 1841, the publishers of a posthumous collection of works put the scattered drafts together into something resembling a book, calling it “Dubrovsky.” Since then, the novel that never existed has misled generation after generation of readers, and the real Dubrovsky has been forgotten with the passage of time. But who was he, then? What unexpected secrets of the Russian Empire did the young guardsman learn, and how did his fate unfold?
“An intelligent person could take a ready-made plan, ready-made characters, correct the phrasing and nonsense—fill in the omissions—and a beautiful, original novel would result.” This advice from Pushkin himself finally helps reveal the true story of the noble robber Vladimir Dubrovsky to curious descendants.
A dashing cavalryman brawler and a capital rake, a hero-lover and a guard officer for whom honor comes first—he becomes a robber when a powerful neighbor takes away his estate, and his love for the enemy’s daughter makes the young man the most unhappy person in the world.
In the autumn of 1832, a friend told this story to Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin. Russia’s foremost man of letters, in dire need of money, tried to turn the simple plot into a boulevard novel. Soon the idea bored him; Pushkin threw away the drafts so that he wouldn’t return to them ever again…
…But in 1841, the publishers of a posthumous collection of works put the scattered drafts together into something resembling a book, calling it “Dubrovsky.” Since then, the novel that never existed has misled generation after generation of readers, and the real Dubrovsky has been forgotten with the passage of time. But who was he, then? What unexpected secrets of the Russian Empire did the young guardsman learn, and how did his fate unfold?
“An intelligent person could take a ready-made plan, ready-made characters, correct the phrasing and nonsense—fill in the omissions—and a beautiful, original novel would result.” This advice from Pushkin himself finally helps reveal the true story of the noble robber Vladimir Dubrovsky to curious descendants.
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