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Novels, tales, journeys : the complete prose of Alexander Pushkin
Title:
Novels, tales, journeys : the complete prose of Alexander Pushkin
Author:
Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837 author.
Uniform Title:
Prose works. English
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Physical Description:
xix, 484 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
A collection of fiction, travel narratives, and epistolary tales includes "The Queen of Spades, " in which an elderly countess is rumored to possess a supernatural secret for winning at cards.
General Note:
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Language:
English
Contents:
The Moor of Peter the Great -- The tales of the late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. The shot ; The blizzard ; The coffin-maker ; The stationmaster ; The young lady peasant -- The history of the village of Goryukhino -- Roslavlev -- Dubrovsky -- The queen of spades -- Kirdjali -- Egyptian nights -- The captain's daughter -- Journey to Arzrum -- Fragments and sketches -- The guests were arriving at the dacha -- A novel in letters -- At the corner of a little square -- Notes of a young man -- My fate is decided. I am getting married -- A romance at the Caucasian waters -- A Russian Pelham -- We were spending the night at the dacha -- A story from Roman life -- Maria Schoning.
ISBN:
9780307959621

9780307949882
Format :
Book