Dubrovsky

Interesting Facts

• The book is based on real events that occurred in Pushkin's family.
• The main character, Vladimir Dubrovsky, becomes a robber not by choice, but due to injustice and the arbitrariness of the authorities.
• One of the central themes of the work is the conflict between the nobility and the peasantry.
• The work includes a love story between Dubrovsky and Masha Troekurova, the daughter of his enemy.
• The book was written between 1832 and 1833 but was published only after Pushkin's death.
• The work was not completed, leaving the question of the characters' future open.