History Creator / LidiaCharskaya

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Though, according to CommonKnowledge, everything Charskaya wrote is sugarcoated idealism, she has works on both ends of the scale (see DarkerAndEdgier above), as well as many (such as the ''Dzhavakha'' saga) in-between.

Her works were banned and gradually fell into oblivion in the Soviet Union (forcing her to spend her last years in poverty), but after the 1980s, they began to get published again, and while in no way near to her previous "women’s author number one" status, now Charskaya is quite well-known once more.

Lidia Alexeyevna Charskaya (31 January 1875–18 March 1938; her real last name was Churilova) was a Russian writer and actress. Her young adult books, wildly popular in Russia in the early 20th century, are usually focused on spirited heroines. The most famous ones have a BoardingSchool setting, but she also wrote historical novels, adventure stories, short stories for adults, and even fairy tales.

* FishOutOfWater: Loads of variations. "Village girl in a city" (like in ''The Orphanage Girls''), "spoiled DaddysGirl away from her family" (like in ''For What?'' and its sequels), "TomboyPrincess at a school for proper ladies" (like in ''Princess Dzhavakha'') etc.

* RealityEnsues: Many examples.
** A badass TomboyPrincess who has lived through lots of dangers in her native mountains in ''Princess Dzhavakha'' [[spoiler:succumbs to tuberculosis, with additional factors being the cold climate she isn’t used to and the stress she faces at the institute in ''Memoirs of an Institute Girl'']].
** Wars aren’t made of parades and easy victories. Wartime means bloodshed, cruelty and your loved ones getting hurt – as Nadezhda Durova learns the hard way in ''A Brave Life''.

* FracturedFairytale: Many of her fairytales are more like deconstructions. A special mention goes to ''Fairytale's Daughter'' which is a TakeThat at the entire genre.

Lidia Alexeyevna Charskaya (31 January 1875–18 March 1938; her real last name was Churilova) was a Russian writer and actress. Her young adult books, wildly popular in Russia in the early 20th century, are usually focused on SpiritedYoungLady heroines. The most famous ones have a BoardingSchool setting, but she also wrote historical novels, adventure stories, short stories for adults, and even fairy tales.

* SpiritedYoungLady: The main heroines, the most famous of whom is TomboyPrincess Nina Dzhavakha.
* SpoiledSweet: Many of the rich and doted-on characters (for example, in ''The Lucky One'', all the children in the titular hero’s family) are perfectly friendly and likable.

* BittersweetEnding: Fairly, the ending includes some nice character dying or at least the hero or heroine saying goodbye to their friends/family/home/old life/all at once.

Her works were banned in the Soviet Union (forcing her to spend her last years in poverty), but after the 1980s, they began to get published again, and while in no way near to her previous "women’s author number one" status, now Charskaya is quite well-known.

* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: Deconstructed every time any heroine tries it. For example, as Literature/PrincessDzhavakha comes to realize, [[spoiler:running away from home to escape a potential WickedStepmother]] is not a cool and heroic idea, since: a) her father and everyone in the household get heartbroken, believing her dead; b) a preteen girl ''alone and on foot and in the mountains'' will hardly survive for long.

Lidia Alexeyevna Charskaya (31 January 1875–18 March 1938; her real last name was Churilova) was a Russian writer and actress. Her young adult books, wildly popular in Russia in the early 20th century, are usually focused on SpiritedYoungLady heroines. The most famous ones have a BoardingSchool setting, but she also wrote historical novels, adventure stories and even fairy tales.

* SpoiledSweet: Many of the rich and doted-on characters (for example, in ''The Lucky One'', all the children in the titular hero’s family) are perfectly friendly and likable.

Lidia Alexeyevna Charskaya (31 January 1875–18 March 1938; her real last name was Churilova) was a Russian writer and actress. Her books, wildly popular in Russia in the early 20th century, are usually focused on SpiritedYoungLady heroines. The most famous ones have a BoardingSchool setting, but she also wrote historical novels, adventure stories and even fairy tales.

* FishOutOfWater: Loads of variations. "Village girl in a city" (as in ''The Orphan Girls''), "spoiled DaddysGirl away from her family" (as in ''For What?'' and its sequels), "TomboyPrincess at a school for proper ladies" (as in ''Princess Dzhavakha'') etc.

** A badass TomboyPrincess who has lived through lots of dangers in her native mountains in ''Princess Dzhavakha'' [[spoiler:succumbs to tuberculosis, with additional factors being the cold climate she isn’t used to and the stress she faces at the institute in ''Memoires of an Institute Girl'']].

* FishOutOfWater: Loads of variations. "Village girl in a city" (as in ''The Orphan Girls''), "spoiled DaddysGirl away from her family" (as in ''For What?'' and it’s sequels), "TomboyPrincess at a school for proper ladies" (as in ''Princess Dzhavakha'') etc.