A Russian Beauty by Vladimir Nabokov. Short summary

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The beautiful Olga, from a rich noble family, became poor. Of those close to her, the girl has only her father left. One day a friend introduces her to a rich widower, who proposes to Olga.

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The beautiful Olga Alekseevna was born in 1900 into a rich and well-to-do noble family. The woman retained happy memories of her childhood. But this was her only dowry when she left Russia in 1919. The heroine’s mother fell ill with typhoid fever and died, and Olga’s brother was shot.

In 1926 Olga Alexeevna lived with her father in a German boarding house. The girl spoke French well, despite the fact that she had never visited the country. Olga had many acquaintances, but then she became poor and it all ended.

One day Olga met an old friend, Vera, from whom she borrowed money. The girl came to Vera’s dacha, where she took over her fate. She changed Olga’s clothes, combed her hair and made up, and then introduced her to a friend of her husband. He was a wealthy widower, a sportsman and author of books about hunting.

The man had long asked Vera to find him a bride. He proposed to Olga and they got married. The next summer, the heroine died during childbirth.