| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 484 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Russian literature.
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Russian literature. (OCoLC)fst01102312
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FICTION / Literary.
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FICTION / Short Stories (single author)
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LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Former Soviet Union.
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Pevear, Richard, 1943- translator.
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Volokhonsky, Larissa, translator.
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| Added Title |
Prose works. English
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837, author. Novels, tales, journeys New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016 9780307959638 (DLC) 2016000916 |
| ISBN |
9780307959621 (hardcover) |
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0307959627 (hardcover) |
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9780307949882 (trade pbk.) |
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0307949885 (trade pbk.) |
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