Netochka Nezvanova

Synopsis

The unfinished novel from one of russia's greatest writersnetochka nezvanova—a "nameless nobody"—tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfather, efimov, a failed musician who believes he is a neglected genius. The young girl is strangely drawn to this drunken ruin of a man, who exploits her and drives the family to poverty. But when she is rescued by an aristocratic family, the abuse against netochka's delicate psyche continues in a more subtle way, condemning her to remain an outsider—a solitary spectator of a glittering society.