{"product_id":"9781805330936","title":"The Queen of Spades and Selected Works by Alexander Pushkin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Pushkin is an extraordinary phenomenon and, possibly, the only manifestation of the Russian spirit' Nikolai Gogol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e The selected works of one of Russia's greatest writers, including 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Stationmaster' and a selection of Pushkin's best poetic work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A young man plots to unearth a secret from an elderly countess - a secret he believes will win him a fortune. 'The Queen of Spades' is Pushkin's prose masterpiece, a gripping tale of avarice, obsession, madness and cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wonderful collection also includes the keenly and sympathetically observed story 'The Stationmaster'; the narrative poem 'The Bronze Horseman'; a selection of Pushkin's lyric poems; the ribald saga of 'Tsar Nikita and his Forty Daughters'; and excerpts from \u003ci\u003eYevgeny Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMozart and Salieri\u003c\/i\u003e. It serves as an ideal introduction to the incomparable Pushkin, the headspring of all Russian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Anthony Briggs.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) ranks as one of Russia's greatest writers. He published his first poem when he was fifteen, and in 1820 his first long poem-Ruslan and Lyudmila-made him famous. His work, including the short story 'The Queen of Spades', the novel-in-verse \u003ci\u003eYevgeny Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e and the long poem 'The Bronze Horseman', has secured his place as one of the greatest writers ever to have lived. He died aged 37, having been wounded in a duel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43605683863730,"sku":"9781805330936","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805330936.jpg?v=1714587180","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781805330936","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}