The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (The Moor of Peter the Great; Dubrovsky; The Captain's Daughter)
by Alexander Pushkin 
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Renowned Russian author Alexander Pushkin has gained acclaim as one of the most skilled and accomplished literary figures of his generation. Short stories were Pushkin's specialty, and The Queen of Spades is an expertly composed tale that addresses timeless themes of greed and acquisitiveness—and their often-dire consequences..
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Content. Four stories: "The Negro of Peter the Great", "Dubrovsky", "The Queen of Spades", "The Captain's Daughter"
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin, one of Russian's greatest poets, was born in Moscow on June 6, 1799. He studied Latin and French literature at the Lyceum. Pushkin was often in conflict with the government and was kept under surveillance for much of his later life. He was also exiled for a period of time. His works include Eugene Onegin and Ruslan show more and Ludmila. Pushkin died on February 10, 1837 in St. Petersburg of a wound received during a duel protecting the honor of his wife. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Medallion Penguin Classics (L119)
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- Canonical title
- The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (The Moor of Peter the Great; Dubrovsky; The Captain's Daughter) (The Moor of Peter the Great | Dubrovsky | The Captain's Daughter)
- Alternate titles
- The Prose Tales of Alexander Pushkin; The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
- Original publication date
- 1836
- First words
- On avait joué aux cartes chez le chevalier-garde Naroumov.
There was a card party at the rooms of Naroumoff of the Horse Guards. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Le lecteur m'épargnera, je pense, l'inutile devoir de lui conter le déroulement.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Well, since that is the case, make the tea as quickly as possible and call my daughters." - Disambiguation notice
- This Work collects Alexander Pushkin's stories:
"The Queen of Spades,"
"The Negro of Peter the Great,"
"Dubrovsky," and
"The Captain's Daughter."
The selection is that used by the Penguin Classics serie... (show all)s (L119; ISBN 0140441190) translated with a foreword by Rosemary Edmonds. Most of the editions on this work page are clearly indicated as such. Any other editions in which the same four stories occur also belong here. I recognise some uncertainty about the ISBN which may be wrong after an Amazon data entry but I don't think we should second-guess that.
Please distinguish between this collection and similarly-named collections, such as the Dover Thrift edition, having differing contents. Thank you.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
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- 891.733 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian fiction 1800–1917
- LCC
- PG3347 .A2 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1800-1870 Pushkin
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