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Pushkin Alexander - The Queen Of Spades And Other Stories - Paperback
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Description: 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. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Queen Of Spades And Other Stories
Author(s): Pushkin Alexander, Kahn, Andrew (Fellow And Tutor In Russian, St Edmund Hall, And University Lecturer In Russian, Fellow And Tutor In Russian, St Edmund Hall, And University Lecturer In Russian, University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199538652
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 3/25/2009
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: 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. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: The Queen Of Spades And Other Stories
Author(s): Pushkin Alexander, Kahn, Andrew (Fellow And Tutor In Russian, St Edmund Hall, And University Lecturer In Russian, Fellow And Tutor In Russian, St Edmund Hall, And University Lecturer In Russian, University Of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199538652
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 3/25/2009
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Fiction In Translation
