The Daughter of the Commandant by Alexksandr S Pushkin Paperback Book 9781421888033

My father Andrej Petrovitch Grineff after serving in his youth under Count Muenich had retired in 17with the rank of senior major Since that time he had always lived on his estate in the district of Simbirsk where he married Avdotia the eldest daughter of a poor gentleman in the neighbourhood Of the nine children born of this union I alone survived all my brothers and sisters died young I had been enrolled as sergeant in the Semenofsky regiment by favour of the major of the Guard Prince Banojik our near relation I was supposed to be away on leave till my education was finished At that time we were brought up in another manner than is usual now