Bibliograph

The story of a life, memoirs of a young Jewish woman in the Russian Empire

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The story of a life, memoirs of a young Jewish woman in the Russian Empire

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The story of a life

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

memoirs of a young Jewish woman in the Russian Empire

Summary

Anna Pavlovna Vygodskaia's autobiography, originally published in 1938, is a rare and fascinating historical account of Jewish childhood and young adult life in Tsarist Russia. At a time when the vast majority of Jews resided in small market towns in the Pale of Settlement, Vygodskaia liberated herself from that world and embraced the day-to-day rhythms, educational activities, and new intellectual opportunities in the imperial capital of St. Petersburg. Her story offers a unique glimpse of Jewish daily life that is rarely documented in public sources-of neighborly interactions, children's games and household rituals, love affairs and emotional outbursts, clothing customs, and leisure time

Target audience

adult

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