Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. In this classic literary representation of gambling, Alexander Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. Hints of the occult and gothic alternate with scenes of St Petersburg high-society in the story of the passionate Hermann's quest to master chance and make his fortune at the card-table. Underlying the taut plot is an ironical treatment of the romantic dreamer and social outcast. This volume contains three other major works of Pushkin's fiction, moving from the witty parodies of sentimentalism and high melodrama in The Tales of Belkin to an early experiment with recreating the past in Peter the Great's Blackamoor. It concludes with the novel-length masterpiece The Captain's Daughter, which combines historical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the colour and devices of the Russian fairy-tale in a narrative of rebellion and romance. These new translations, as well as being meticulously faithful to the original, do full justice to the elegance and fluency of Pushkin's prose. The Introduction provides insightful readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context. A chronology of the Pugachov Uprising illuminates the events in The Captain's Daughter.

The Queen of Spades ; The Captain's Daughter ; Peter the Great's Blackamoor

Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin

Robert Chandler

Pushkin's version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also reflects his fascination with and research into Russian history of the 18th century. During the reign of Catherine the Great, the young Grinev sets out for his new career in the army and en route performs an act of kindness by giving his warm coat to a man freezing in a blizzard. This action reaps its reward when he subsequently finds himself caught up in the rebellion headed by the infamous, and strangely familiar, Pugachev. Rivalry with a fellow officer for the affections of Captain Mironov's daughter further complicates Grinev's affairs, and ultimately it is only an appeal by Masha Mironova, the eponymous captain's daughter, to the Empress herself that can unravel a tangled web.

The Captain's Daughter

Betrayed by her jealous sisters, a Tsarina and her infant son are marooned on a barren island until a magical swan helps them regain their rightful heritage.

The Tale of Tsar Saltan

First published anonymously in 1830, Aelxander Pushkin's The Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. Since then, it has become one of the most beloved books in Russian literary history and even became the namesake for Russia's most prestigious annual literary prize - the Belkin Prize. Presented in a sparkling new translation by Josh Billings.

Tales of Belkin

A new translation of Pushkin's short novel set during the Cossack uprising against Catherine the Great follows the experiences of a fledgling officer who barely survives the journey to a post in southern Russia only to become surrounded by Cossack rebels. Reissue.

A tale of two ill-fated lovers and of great and heroic deeds, written in the classical style but in a light and humourous vein.

A Poem

Ruslan and Ludmila

Janet Dalley

A collection of six fairy tales by the renowned Russian poet.

Pushkin's Fairy Tales

Sāmī Darūbī

سامي دروبي

إبنة الضابط

Paul Debreczeny

Stories provide an ironic viewpoint on life in nineteenth-century Russia

The Collected Stories

In addition she provides critical essays examining each play in depth, a discussion of her approach to translating the plays, and a consideration of the genre of these dramatic pieces and their performability."--BOOK JACKET.

The Little Tragedies

Yüksel Göktuğ

Yüzbaşının kızı

Mary GrandPré

Ann Redpath

A terrible blizzard alters the lives of two lovers who plan to elope without the permission of the bride's parents

The Snow Storm

gezi-anlatı

Erzurum yolculuğu

Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail I͡Urʹevich Lermontov

Sir Charles Hepburn Johnston

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and by Mikhail Lermontov

Русалка

A novel in verse, Yevgeny Onegin is the first great Russian work of fiction. Pushkin's love story is both earthy and tender, drawing with wit on the trials of life the poet saw around him.

Yevgeny Onegin

Пир во время чумы

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is, for Russians, their greatest writer; Eugene Onegin is his greatest work. This prose version, for the first time, gives us a Eugene Onegin that is easy and enjoyable to read.

Eugene Onegin and Other Stories

Charles Johnston

Two brief poems accompany a long narrative poem about a heartless fop who is the object of an ardent young woman's selfless love

Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

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