Notes of a Little Gymnast. Notes of an Institute Girl

The impressions of Lidia Charskaya about the seven years spent in the Pavlovsk Women's Institute in St. Petersburg became rich material for her future books, in which she told about young girls, subtly describing their emotional experiences. This edition includes two stories about strong, brave, and kind girls: the gymnasium student Lena Ikonina and the institute girl Lyuda Vlasovskaya. Charskaya's heroines are little girls from different corners of the Russian Empire who worry about grades and exams, share secrets with each other, participate in pranks and mischief, live in anticipation of the first ball, and support each other in difficult times.