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Description edit
This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Maria Ivanovna: Add a description of this character.
- Ibrahim
- Maria Kirilovna
- Ivan Kuzmich
- Charsky
- Pyotr Troyekurov
- Hermann
- Andrei Gavrilovich
- Anton Pafnutych
- Lizaveta Ivanovna
- Vladimir Dubrovsky
- Alexey Ivanich
- Sasha
- Desforges
- Tatyana Afanasyevna
- Pyotr Andreich
- Vladimir Andreyevich
- Madame De Staël
- Polina
- Korsakov
- Yegorovna
- Papa
- Katerina Petrovna
- Grisha
- Zinaida
- Cleopatra
- Herr Költz
- Anna Petrovna
- Napoleon
- Masha
- Vereysky
- Stepan
- Schoning
- Natalya
- Kirdzhali
- Mashenka
- Alexei Ivanych
- Ivan Ignatich
- Peter
- Silvio
- Maria Gavrilovna
- Ivan Petrovich Belkin
- Savelich
- Natasha
- Vladimir
- Tomsky
- Grigory Ivanovich
- Nastya
- Mironov
- Shvabrin
- Gerasim
- Akulina
- Adrian
- Minsky
- Tatyana Afanasievna
- Miss Jackson
- Muromsky
- Vasilisa Egorovna
- Maximich
- Maria Ivanoyna
- Dunya
- Pvotr Andreich
- Yulai
- Anna Vlasevna
- Bashkir
- Palashka
- Chekalinsky
- Burmin
- Berestov
First Sentence edit
ONE of the young men sent abroad by Peter the Great to acquire the learning needed by a country in the course of reorganization was his godson, the negro Ibrahim.
Table of Contents edit
Queen of Spades
Tales of Belkin
Peter the Great's Blackamoor
Captain's Daughter
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Aleksandr Pushkin (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 891.733
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Poetry › Single Authors › Continental European
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Russian
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Short Stories › Anthologies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics › Russian
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
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