Notes of an Institute Girl

The first (and only) artistic prose about the life of Russian institute girls. The debut novella by Lydia Charskaya, which became a favorite for an entire generation of readers. A book that was only surpassed in popularity by the works of Pushkin and Gogol.

Young Lyuda Vlassovskaya enters the Institute for Noble Maidens in St. Petersburg, and her life must now adhere to strict rules. But fate presents one adventure after another and prepares a serious trial for the girl.

Lyuda will have to understand the value of friendship, confront injustice, make a difficult moral choice and… grow up. Before the reader unfolds the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg and the real life of the pupils of the boarding school — with its unwritten laws and youthful experiences.

The novella brought Lydia Charskaya unprecedented success: according to contemporaries, her books were only surpassed in popularity by the works of Pushkin and Gogol.