Maroussia, A Maid of Ukraine, translation by Cornelia W. Cyr

Author: Marko Vovchok (pen name of Mariia Vilinska) & P.-J. Stahl (pen name of Pierre-Jules Hetzel)
Title: Maroussia, A Maid of Ukraine, translation by Cornelia W. Cyr
Publication: New York: Dodd, Mead, 1890
Edition: First Edition

Description: Hardcover. Decorated dark orange cloth, very good, binding with a few small stains, light rubbing and darkening, contents very good, pages slightly tanned. 268 pp, illustrated. Very uncommon in the trade. This novel first appeared in French in an 1875 journal, with P.-J. Stahl, the pseudonym of publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel (the well known publisher of Jules Verne and other French authors) listed as co-author. Apparently there was a translation into English in 1887 that proceeded this one, by Sarah Herrick Kidder, which is equally hard to find in the original. Marko Vovchok was the pseudonym of Maria Vilinska (1833-1907), a Ukrainian author of Russian descent. Her works had an anti-serfdom orientation and described the historical past of Ukraine. She is also credited with introducing into Ukrainian literature a number of new genres, in particular, the social story (Instytutka), including Maroussia. Very good.

Seller ID: h42469

Subject: Literature