Nihilist Girl

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"Nihilist Girl" is a semi-autobiographical novella by Russian mathematician and writer Sofia Kovalevskaya that explores themes of idealism, radical politics, and personal freedom in 19th-century Russia.

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Nihilist Girl canonical 1
novel "Nihilist Girl" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novella
addresses clash between traditional values and radical thought
moral ambiguity of political activism
search for personal autonomy
author Sofia Kovalevskaya
countryOfOrigin Russia
explores conflict between personal life and political commitment
emotional consequences of revolutionary ideals
intellectual radicalism
women’s role in 19th-century Russian society
genre novella
political fiction
semi-autobiographical fiction
hasAutobiographicalElements true
hasFictionalizedVersionOf Sofia Kovalevskaya
hasSubject Russian intelligentsia
women in revolutionary movements
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: Russian realism
mainTheme idealism
nihilism
personal freedom
radical politics
narrativePerspective first-person
originalLanguage Russian
portrays Russian nihilist youth
student revolutionary circles
protagonistGender female
setInPeriod 19th-century Russia
workOf Sofia Kovalevskaya

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Sofia Kovalevskaya notableWork Nihilist Girl
Sofya Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya notableWork Nihilist Girl
this entity surface form: novel "Nihilist Girl"