Pushkin: Queen of Spades / Edition 1

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, J. Forsyth

Overview

Pikovaia dama (The Queen of Spades) has continued to fascinate readers since its first publication in 1834, and has been successfully adapted to both operatic stage and screen. The most generally admired of Pushkin's stories, it has earned a high place amongst his works as a whole and in many ways is the embodiment of 'essential' Pushkin. With its play on both psychology and the fantastic, its tersely precise language and its openness to multiple readings, it continues to mesmerise critics, teachers and students alike.

This book contains the complete text in Russian of The Queen of Spades, with an introduction to Pushkin's life and work. The text is also supplemented with extensive notes in English and a complete vocabulary.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781853993138
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/1998
Series:	Russian Texts
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 –1837) was a Russian author of the Romantic era, one of Russia's greatest poets and the founder of modern Russian literature.

J. Forsyth is the author of A Grammar of Aspect: Usage and Meaning in the Russian Verb; A Practical Guide to Russian Stress, and editor of Gogol: The Overcoat.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Text
Vocabulary