Family Happiness (annotated) - Paperback

by Louise Maude (Translator), Aylmer Maude (Translator), Leo Tolstoy (Author)

The story concerns the love and marriage of a young girl, Mashechka (17 years old), and the much older Sergey Mikhaylych (36), an old family friend. The story is narrated by Masha. After a courtship that has the trappings of a mere family friendship, Masha's love grows and expands until she can no longer contain it.