Project Gutenberg 2015-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 222 Alcock, Deborah 1835 1913 Alcock, D. The Czar: A tale of the Time of the First Napoleon Produced by MWS, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Czar: A Tale of the Time of the First Napoleon" by Deborah Alcock is a historical novel written in the late 19th century. Set against the backdrop of early 19th-century Russia during the Napoleonic Wars, the story centers around Ivan Barrinka, a young boy of noble descent who discovers his true lineage and embarks on a journey of self-discovery while navigating the complexities of class and identity in a peasant village. The narrative presents a vivid tapestry of Russian life, highlighting the struggles of serfs, noble relationships, and the spirit of the time. At the start of the tale, the village of Nicolofsky is portrayed as a typical Russian setting where serfs toil under the watchful eye of their lords, particularly Plato Zoubof, who does not tend to his land. Young Ivan, initially unaware of his noble heritage, experiences life in the village and encounters the implications of his identity in playful exchanges with his peers. The opening chapters reveal Ivan's interactions with other village children, especially the conflict over a girl named Anna, leading him to question his origins. As he learns from the village’s elder that he is the son of a great prince, Ivan's modest beginnings are juxtaposed with the grand ideas of nobility, setting the stage for his subsequent adventures and quests for meaning beyond the confines of his rural existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Historical fiction Russia -- History -- Alexander I, 1801-1825 -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 934064 2025-06-20T05:13:01.243206 text/html 927043 2024-10-24T17:55:23 text/html 756617 2025-06-20T05:13:17.197568 application/epub+zip 753606 2025-06-20T05:13:04.150160 application/epub+zip 497045 2025-06-20T05:13:02.701224 application/epub+zip 975460 2025-06-20T05:13:26.340571 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 858105 2025-06-20T05:13:15.421602 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 643720 2022-09-22T14:07:34.707536 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 833516 2025-06-20T05:12:59.185206 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 813529 2024-10-24T17:55:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16951 2025-06-20T05:13:26.504523 application/rdf+xml 14622 2025-06-20T05:13:02.858133 image/jpeg 2595 2025-06-20T05:13:02.782132 image/jpeg 638990 2025-06-20T05:13:01.361151 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia