Description
Book SynopsisProse writings from one of Russia's greatest poetsThese stories are wonderful in their purity of form, humor, and understatement. This collection also contains a selection of other Pushkin writings, including the fragment
Roslavlev, Egyptian Nights, and the autobiographical
Journey to Arzrum.
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Table of ContentsTales of Belkin and Other Prose WritingsIntroduction by John Bayley
Further Reading
Translator's Note
The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin
From the Editor
The Shot
The Blizzard
The Undertaker
The Postmaster
The Squire's Daughter
The History of the Village of Goryukhino
Roslavlev
Kirdzhali: A Tale
Egyptian Nights
A Journey to Arzrum at the Time of the 1829 Campaign
Notes
