Mimi's Marriage
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A good fit for
- University students and researchers studying Russian literature and women's writing
- General readers who want low-cost access to English translations of nineteenth-century Russian literature
- Those who need public-domain texts for translation practice or comparative literature assignments
- Readers accustomed to reading and taking excerpt notes on electronic devices
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- Readers of genre fiction who seek strong plot and fast-paced narrative
- Beginner readers who need detailed annotations and introductions to enter the text
- Those unaccustomed to the feel of early English translations and preferring contemporary translation style
Reading tips
- Read one chapter first to clarify forms of address and kinship relations, then continue reading.
- While reading, note passages related to views of marriage for easy review.
- Supplement the period background with materials on nineteenth-century Russian social history.
- If English reading is difficult, compare sentences with other public-domain translations.
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About the author
Lidiia Ivanovna Veselitskaia (1857–1936) was a Russian woman writer whose name is usually transliterated in Chinese reference sources. Public information about her is limited, and only one of her works, Mimi's Marriage, is currently held in the collection. Judging from the title and the category of this work, her writing tends to center on family life, courtship and marriage, and everyday human relations, with a realistic tone that pays attention to her characters' circumstances and emotional ups and downs. She was active in the Russian literary world from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, and her works found readers in her day, though later scholarship on her remains relatively sparse, and details of her life and the full range of her writings still await further verification. This entry is based on the bibliographic information available in the collection and makes no inferences about her education, public offices, or awards.
