Count Nulin

Interesting Facts

• The work is written in verse form and consists of two songs.
• The plot revolves around a comedic situation where Count Nulin tries to seduce a married woman but fails.
• Pushkin wrote this piece in just two days while staying in Boldino.
• The work contains an autobiographical element: Pushkin describes village life, which was familiar to him.
• Count Nulin is one of the few comedic characters in Pushkin's oeuvre.
• The work was first published in the magazine «Northern Flowers» in 1827.