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A complete issue · 240 pages · 1897

The Mission of Poubalov

1897 · Free to read

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About this issue

This serialized Russian-American melodrama depicts Ivan Strobel's wedding day interrupted by political intrigue. On his wedding morning in Boston, the exiled Russian protagonist prepares to marry Clara Hilman, but is visited by Alexander Poubalov, a government spy from his homeland, who appears to monitor Ivan's movements. Despite his resolve to proceed untroubled, Ivan's carriage wheel mysteriously comes off en route to the church in Roxbury, forcing him to commandeer a passing carriage. The narrative cuts between Ivan's journey and the gathering wedding party—Clara and her guardian Matthew Pembroke awaiting the groom—suggesting larger forces at work behind the accident. The 28-chapter serial unfolds around Ivan's mysterious past, Poubalov's shadowy mission, and recurring crises involving imprisonment, secret revolutionary activity, and identity secrets that imperil the marriage and drive the plot toward climactic resolution.

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“The Mission of Poubalov” by Frederick R. Burton · serial · p.7

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