Books : The Collected Stories (Everyman's Library)
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by: Alexander Pushkin
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
EAN: 9780375405495
ISBN: 0375405496
Label: Everyman's Library
Manufacturer: Everyman's Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 608
Publication Date: May 18, 1999
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Release Date: May 18, 1999
Sales Rank: 93311
Studio: Everyman's Library
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Product Description:
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
Pushkin’s prose tales are the foundation stones on which the great novels of Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky were built, but they are also brilliant and fascinating in their own right. In both prose and verse, Pushkin was one of the world’s great storytellers: direct and dramatic, clear-sighted, vivid, and passionate.
This new and expanded Everyman’s edition of his stories includes all the mature work. In addition to such novella-length masterpieces as The Captain’s Daughter and The Tales of Belkin the collection now contains many more short pieces and the masterly History of Pugachev, a powerful account of the man who rebelled against Catherine the Great.
Translated by Paul Debreczeny and Walter Arndt
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Beautiful Book, New Cond.
The classy look of the hardback cover is just perfect for the treasures inside the book. Thanks!
Rating: - Fun Throughout
Readers seeking an entrée into Russian literature are prime candidates for this prose collection. Pushkin's stories are well-paced--not a word is wasted--and those who look beneath the surface of the writer's refreshingly lucid, taut and unembellished style will find a world that bristles with energy and life.
Among my favorite short stories in this collection were: The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, The Captain's Daughter and The Queen of Spades. The epistolatory introduction ... Read More
Rating:  - suggested russian reading
would put Pushkin in category with Turgenov and Chekov for a good read with a hot cup of tea in front of a roaring fire. Everyman's Library edition offers a decent look at historical Russian window through stories.
Rating: - Thrilling Tales of Adventure and Romance!
This book contains the major prose works of Aleksandr Pushkin, which include "The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin", "Dubrovskii", "The Queen of Spades", "The Captain's Daughter", and "A History of Pugachev". Also included in the book are many unfinished stories and fragments, which provide some glimpse into what Pushkin was thinking in between the years that he wrote his masterpieces.
Pushkin's stories range from melancholy to humorous to psychological and yet they are all written in ... Read More
Rating: - Russian Literature, Russian Love
If you want to sincerely have a happy, fulfilling marriage to a Russian lady then you better not be complacent either. Study the Pimsleur language lessons, read all the books you can, study Russian history and culture, read their literature. The works of Pushkin alone are rewarding for any scholar with or without the motive of a beautiful Russian bride!
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