The Queen Of Spades And Other Stories (newly Translated And Annotated - A Collection Of 18 Most Enduring Pieces Of Pushkin’s Prose Fiction.)
By (author) Pushkin, Alexander
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By (author) Pushkin, Alexander; Translated by Debreczeny Paul
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This collection of Pushkin''s shorter fiction contains a number of lesser-known works by Pushkin which are not easily available in English, including the novel Dubrovsky and the stories Egyptian Nights and Peter the Great''s Negro.
Description
This collection of Pushkin’s stories begins with ‘The Queen of Spades’, perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer’s grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost. This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes ‘Dubrovsky’, the story of a man’s desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; ‘The Negro of Peter the Great’, a tale inspired by Pushkin’s maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story ‘Egyptian Nights’, a meditation on poetry and the poet. Together, they represent some of the most striking and enduring pieces of Pushkin’s prose fiction.
Table of contents
Contains ''The Queen of Spades'', ''Kirdzhali'', ''The Negro of Peter the Great'', ''The Guests Were Arriving at the Dacha...'', ''A Novel in Letters'', ''Notes of a Young Man'', ''My Fate Is Sealed: I Am Getting Married'', ''A Fragment'', ''In the Corner of a SmallSquare'', ''Roslavlev'', ''A Novel at a Caucasian Spa'', ''Dubrovsky'', ''A Tale of Roman life'', ''Maria Schoning'', ''A Russian Pelham'', ''We Were Spending the Evening at Princess D.''s Dacha'', ''Egyptian Nights'', ''In 179- I was Returning'', ''The Last of the Lineage of Joan of Arc''. Includes a foreword by Professor John Bayley, University of Oxford and an introduction by PaulDebreczeny, University of North Carolina
Biographical note
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature.
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A unique collection containing the best short stories by one of the greatest Russian writers. Now part of our new series of the complete works of Pushkin.
Short description/annotation
This collection of Pushkin''s shorter fiction contains a number of lesser-known works by Pushkin which are not easily available in English, including the novel Dubrovsky and the stories Egyptian Nights and Peter the Great''s Negro.
Description
This collection of Pushkin’s stories begins with ‘The Queen of Spades’, perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer’s grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost. This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes ‘Dubrovsky’, the story of a man’s desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; ‘The Negro of Peter the Great’, a tale inspired by Pushkin’s maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story ‘Egyptian Nights’, a meditation on poetry and the poet. Together, they represent some of the most striking and enduring pieces of Pushkin’s prose fiction.
Table of contents
Contains ''The Queen of Spades'', ''Kirdzhali'', ''The Negro of Peter the Great'', ''The Guests Were Arriving at the Dacha...'', ''A Novel in Letters'', ''Notes of a Young Man'', ''My Fate Is Sealed: I Am Getting Married'', ''A Fragment'', ''In the Corner of a SmallSquare'', ''Roslavlev'', ''A Novel at a Caucasian Spa'', ''Dubrovsky'', ''A Tale of Roman life'', ''Maria Schoning'', ''A Russian Pelham'', ''We Were Spending the Evening at Princess D.''s Dacha'', ''Egyptian Nights'', ''In 179- I was Returning'', ''The Last of the Lineage of Joan of Arc''. Includes a foreword by Professor John Bayley, University of Oxford and an introduction by PaulDebreczeny, University of North Carolina
Biographical note
Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature.
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A unique collection containing the best short stories by one of the greatest Russian writers. Now part of our new series of the complete works of Pushkin.
