Maria Zhukova

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Maria Zhukova
Born	1805 Arzamas, Russia
Died	April 26, 1855 Saratov, Russia

Maria Semyonovna Zhukova (Russian: Мари́я Семёновна Жу́кова, 1805 – April 26, 1855) was a Russian writer.

Biography

Maria was born in 1805 in Arzamas, where her father was a lawer. They later moved to Saratov. Maria spent her early years in the provinces, where she gained a critical but affectionate appriciation of provincial ways. Her early education in languages and literature was most likely acquired while she was a companion to a daughter of the local nobility.^[1]

Maria was married at the age of 17 or 18 to a local landowner who served as a district judge. The marriage was unhappy. Maria's husband was originally wealthy, but lost his money gambling and going on sprees. The eventually separated, but only after Maria had given birth to her only son.^[1]

She moved to Saint Petersburg around 1830. Several years later she began writing to support herself and her child, and to pay off some of her husband's debts. Her first story appeared in 1837, and she published works regularly until her death.^[1]

Works

• Evenings on the Karpovka (1937–1838). Short stories.
• Sketches of Southern France and Nice (1844). Travel accounts.
• A Summer Place on the Peterhof Road (1845). Novella.

Further reading

• Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Engel, Barbara A. (2000). Mothers and Daughters: Women of the Intelligentsia in Nineteenth-century Russia. Illinois: Northwestern University Press. pp. 33-34. ISBN 0810117401. http://books.google.com/books?id=it3JDpXkD1kC&pg=PA33&dq=maria+zhukova&hl=en&ei=pgbETqvNGumRiALM6fWODA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=maria%20zhukova&f=false. 

Persondata
Name	Zhukova, Mariya Semyonovna
Alternative names
Short description	russian writer
Date of birth	1804
Place of birth
Date of death	1855
Place of death

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