Kategorie: Psychologiczna , Społeczno-obyczajowa , Opowiadania i miniatury literackie

Isbn: 9781847494788

Ean: 9781847494788

Liczba stron: 352

Format: 13.0x20.0cm

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. The full list of stories contained is as follows: ?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 Small Square?, ?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?

Oprawa: miękka

Wydawca: Alma Books