The queen of spades stands at the peak of pushkins achievement in prose writing. By aleksandr sergeyevich pushkin author in short stories. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. The queen of spades and other storiesis a collection of short fiction showcasing alexander pushkins application of romantic sensibilities to uncompromising studies of human frailty.
About the queen of spades and selected works the queen of spades is one of the most famous tales in russian literature, and inspired the eponymous opera by tchaikovsky. The queen of spades kindle edition by pushkin, aleksandr. The prose collected here includes the captains daughter, which chronicles the pugachev rebellion of 1770, the negro of peter the great, and dubrovsk. This dover thrift edition the queen of spades and other stories offers an enjoyable introduction to alexander pushkin, an early nineteenth century russian poet and writer. The captains daughter and other stories by alexander. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This collection includes pushkins popular the queen of spades and his five short stories published under.
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The queen of spades, and other stories contents biography of pushkin the queen of spades the pistol shot the snowstorm the undertaker the postmaster the lady rustic kirdjali the history of the village of gorohina peter the greats negro the gypsies. The queen of spades, and other stories by aleksandr. This acclaimed book by alexander pushkin is available at in several formats for your ereader. The queen of spades and other stories dover thrift editions by pushkin.
The queen of spades, one of his most popular and chilling short. The queen of spade is a short story, which uses cardgambling as a plot. The story centers on an elderly countess who is a skilled gambler. Buy the paperback book the queen of spades and other stories by alexander pushkin at indigo. Features five great short stories by chekhov, dostoyevskys notes from the underground, the overcoat and other short stories by gogol, pushkins the queen of spades and other stories, the kreutzer sonata and other short stories by tolstoy, fathers and sons by. Bob corbett july 2015 this was my first read of anything written by alexander pushkin.
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