Days of a Russian Noblewoman: The Memories of Anna Labzina, 1758-1821

by Gary Marker (Editor), Anna Labzina (Author), RachelMay (Editor)

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  2001

  $40.96

  Consisting of a rare memoir and also a diary, this title provides a glimpse into the domestic life of Russia's nobility in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By the standards of the day, Anna Labzina was relatively well educated, and she travelled widely through the Russian Empire. Yet unlike most writers of her time, she writes primarily as a dutiful, if inwardly rebellious, daughter and wife, reflecting the onerous roles assigned to women in a male-centred society. Her accounts of her spiritual development and her social sphere offer glimpses into male and female sensibilities of the time.