Poor Liza

"Poor Liza"
"Poor Liza"
Short story by Nikolay Karamzin
	Depiction of Poor Liza by Orest Kiprensky, 1827
Text available at Russian Wikisource
Original title	Бедная Лиза
Country	Russia
Language	Russian
Genre(s)	sentimentalism
Publication
Publication date	1792
Published in English	1801

"Poor Liza" (Russian: «Бедная Лиза», romanized: Bednaja Liza)^[2] is a 1792 short story or sentimental novella^[3] by the Russian author Nikolay Karamzin. It is one of Karamzin's best-known short stories in Russia. It is the tale of two lovers that belong to different social classes^[4] which in this case is a young nobleman and a poor peasant girl.^[5] The story popularized the sentimentalized peasant girl in 19th-century Russia.^[5]

^ Andrew, Joe (1988-07-06). Women in Russian Literature 1780-1863. Springer. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-349-19295-3. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ Black, Joseph Laurence; Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich (1975). Essays on Karamzin: Russian Man-of Letters, Political Thinker, Historian, 1766-1826. Mouton. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-279-3251-8. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015-10-23). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-317-51990-4. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
^ Gogol, Nikolay (2005-12-01). Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected Stories. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-14-191002-4. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b Stites, Richard (2008-10-01). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. Yale University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-300-12818-5. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[andrew1-1] Andrew, Joe (1988-07-06). Women in Russian Literature 1780-1863. Springer. p. 22. ISBN 978-1-349-19295-3. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[2] Black, Joseph Laurence; Karamzin, Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovich (1975). Essays on Karamzin: Russian Man-of Letters, Political Thinker, Historian, 1766-1826. Mouton. p. 40. ISBN 978-90-279-3251-8. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[bendazzi1-3] Bendazzi, Giannalberto (2015-10-23). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-317-51990-4. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[4] Gogol, Nikolay (2005-12-01). Diary of a Madman, The Government Inspector, & Selected Stories. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-0-14-191002-4. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[stites1-5] Stites, Richard (2008-10-01). Serfdom, Society, and the Arts in Imperial Russia: The Pleasure and the Power. Yale University Press. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-300-12818-5. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

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