Poor Liza
| "Poor Liza" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Nikolay Karamzin | |
Depiction of Poor Liza by Orest Kiprensky, 1827 | |
| Text available at Russian Wikisource | |
| Original title | Бедная Лиза |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Genre(s) | sentimentalism |
| Publication | |
| Publication date | 1792 |
| Published in English | 1803 |
"Poor Liza" (Russian: Бедная Лиза, romanized: Bednaya Liza) is a 1792 short story or sentimental novella by the Russian author Nikolay Karamzin. It is one of Karamzin's best-known short stories in Russia. It is the tale of two lovers that belong to different social classes which in this case is a young nobleman and a poor peasant girl. The story popularized the sentimentalized peasant girl in 19th-century Russia.