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This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past. The Captain's Daughter is a novel-length masterpiece which combineshistorical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the devices of the Russian fairy-tale. The introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context.

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He is a great story-teller, the Toby Litt of his day, you might say, and this translation knocks all the others I have seen (two) into a cocked hat. Terrific. * Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian *
The Queen of Spades is surely Pushkin's prose masterpiece, one of the greatest short stories ever written and the source of Tchaikovsky's opera. * The Irish Times (Dublin) *

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Tales of The Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin ; The Queen of Spades ; The Captain's Daughter ; Peter The Great's Blackamoor

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 29 January 2009
      ISBN-13 9780199538652
      978-0199538652
      ISBN-10 0199538654
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      Anthologies & Short Stories

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past. The Captain's Daughter is a novel-length masterpiece which combineshistorical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the devices of the Russian fairy-tale. The introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context.

      Trade Review
      He is a great story-teller, the Toby Litt of his day, you might say, and this translation knocks all the others I have seen (two) into a cocked hat. Terrific. * Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian *
      The Queen of Spades is surely Pushkin's prose masterpiece, one of the greatest short stories ever written and the source of Tchaikovsky's opera. * The Irish Times (Dublin) *

      Table of Contents
      Tales of The Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin ; The Queen of Spades ; The Captain's Daughter ; Peter The Great's Blackamoor

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