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Overview
Selected works from one of Russia's greatest writers, including "The Queen of Spades", "The Stationmaster" and a selection of Pushkin's best poetic work In a fabulous translation by Anthony Briggs, The Queen of Spades and Selected Works offers the most comprehensive overview of Pushkin's mastery of the written word. This stunning volume contains a diverse range of Pushkin's literary works, including "The Queen of Spades", the most celebrated short story in Russian literature which served as inspiration for Tchaikovsky's eponymous opera.
- In "The Stationmaster", Pushkin reimagines the parable of the Prodigal Son;
- "Tsar Nikita and His Forty Daughters" showcases some of his more provocative early poetry;
- and the narrative poem "The Bronze Horseman", inspired by a statue of Peter the Great, is one of Pushkin's most celebrated works.
Alongside this is a selection of Pushkin's best lyric poetry, extracts of his best plays and an excerpt from his classic novel in verse, Yevgeny Onegin.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781805330936
- ISBN-10: 1805330934
- Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
- Publish Date: May 2024
- Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
- Page Count: 160
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