Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850-91) was a mathematician whose contributions were acknowledged throughout Europe during her lifetime. She was the first European woman to receive a doctorate in mathematics and the first female member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Since the 1980s, her literary writings have received renewed attention among scholars and readers. Natasha Kolchevska is professor emerita at the University of New Mexico. Her research interests include twentieth-century Russian literature and culture.
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"This remarkable Russian novella combines contemporary social themes, elements of the author's extraordinary autobiography, and the controversial 'woman's question' of nineteenth-century culture." --Michael R. Katz, translator and editor of the Norton Critical Editions Notes from Underground, Fathers and Sons, and Tolstoy's Short Fiction "Kolchevska and Zirin's translation is as lively and readable as the original work. Kolchevska's introduction and footnotes make the novel accessible to all who are interested in discovering more about women's involvement in the socialist movements that would profoundly alter later Russian history." --B. M. Sutcliffe, University of Pittsburgh