Èngelgardt, Sofia Vladimirovna (1828–1894)
Èngelgardt, Sofia Vladimirovna (1828–1894)
Russian novelist and short-story writer. Name variations: Sofia Vladimirovna Engelgárdt, Sof'ia Vladimirovna Èngel'gárdt; (pseudonym) Ol'ga N or Olga N. Born 1828; died 1894; sister of Ekaterina Novosil'tseva, a historian under pseudonym T. Tolycheva.
Stories, which depict the lives of mid-level Muscovite gentry, include "You Can't Escape Your Destined Mate" (1854), "You Can't Please Everyone" (1855), "Fate or Character?" (1861), "In the Homeland" (1870) and "Neither the First Nor the Last" (1883).
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