''A Woman's Burden'' ( ka, ქალის ტვირთი, tr or ) is the last novel by

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novelist Mikheil Javakhishvili. It was first published in

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

. Mikheil Javakhishvili was tortured and killed after publishing of this novel.მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილი, რჩეული თხზულებანი ექვს ტომად. ტომი II. გვ. 583. სახელმწიფო გამომცემლობა "საბჭოთა საქართველო" თბილისი, 1959 წელი

About the novel

This is a story of a revolutionary but bourgeoisie woman, Ketevan, whose lover, a Bolshevik underground worker Zurab, persuades her to marry a Tsarist gendarme officer, Avsharov, whom she is to kill. The novel remained censored until the late 1950s when he was rehabilitated and republished. The novel tells the story of a young Kate Akhatneli, the tragic fate of the nobility class background, ideologically in favor of the proletariat, however, in the end, there's no place to turn. Novel characters and historical figures are bred mentioned:

Ilia Chavchavadze Prince Ilia Chavchavadze ( ka, ილია ჭავჭავაძე; 8 November 1837 – 12 September 1907) was a Georgian public figure, journalist, publisher, writer and poet who spearheaded the revival of Georgian nationalism during the ...

Akaki Tsereteli Count Akaki Tsereteli ( ka, აკაკი წერეთელი) (1840–1915), often mononymously known as Akaki,Sometimes mistakenly rendered in Russian as Akakiy. Georgian spelling Akaki and Russian spelling Akakiy are both derived from th ...

, Anton Purtseladze,

Niko Nikoladze Niko Nikoladze ( ka, ნიკო ნიკოლაძე) (27 September 1843 – 5 June 1928) was a Georgian writer, pro-Western enlightener, and public figure primarily known for his contributions to the development of Georgian liberal journali ...

, Young Stalin.

Plot

The main character is a young woman: Ms. Atakhneli. He escaped from the shelter in prison revolutionaries, Zurab Gurgenidze, who conveniently fled from prison. After the Revolution, the crowd becomes. In Akhatneli family lives people of different political views. For Illegal activity Kate's brother will be in prison. Kate married Avsharov (who is a General of the

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, to help his brother, but actually he likes to Zurab Gurgenidze. Avsharov will understand about this and arrests him. Finally Gurgenidze will be exiled to Siberia and Kate (who is pregnant by Gurgenidze) will jump to Mkvari river.

Characters

*Kate Akhatneli — Main person of novel. *Zurab Gurgenidze — Revolutioner. Kate loves him. *Sandro Klimiashvili — Gendarm. *Akaki Akhatneli — One of Kate's brothers. *Ilia Akhatneli — One of Kate's brothers. *Niko Akhatneli — One of Kate's brothers. *Martha — Wife of Zurab Gurgenidze.

Historical characters

— Georgian politician, lawyer, journalist, writer and poet. *

— prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure. * Anton Purtseladze — Georgian writer. *

— Georgian writer, pro-Western enlightener. *Young Stalin — The leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woman's Burden 1936 novels 20th-century Georgian novels Literature of Georgia (country) Novels by Mikheil Javakhishvili Russian Revolution of 1905 Historical novels Socialist realism