{"product_id":"9781847494788","title":"The Queen of Spades and Other Stories : Newly Translated and Annotated - A collection of 18 most enduring pieces of Pushkin's prose fiction. by Alexander Pushkin","description":"This collection of Pushkin's stories begins with `The Queen of Spades', perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer's grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost.   This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes `Dubrovsky', the story of a man's desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; `The Negro of Peter the Great', a tale inspired by Pushkin's maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story `Egyptian Nights', a meditation on poetry and the poet. Together, they represent some of the most striking and enduring pieces of Pushkin's prose fiction.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307829178741,"sku":"9781847494788","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781847494788.jpg?v=1762805458","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781847494788","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}