Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Queen of Spades and Other StoriesCondition: NewISBN-10: 0199538654EAN: 9780199538652ISBN: 9780199538652Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/29/2009Description: The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories. In this classic literary representation of gambling, Alexander Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. Hints of the occult and gothic alternate with scenes of St Petersburg high-society in the story of the passionate Hermann's quest to master chance and make his fortune at the card-table. Underlying the taut plot is an ironical treatment of the romantic dreamer and social outcast. This volume contains three other major works of Pushkin's fiction, moving from the witty parodies of sentimentalism and high melodrama in The Tales of Belkin to an early experiment with recreating the past in Peter the Great's Blackamoor. It concludes with the novel-length masterpiece The Captain's Daughter, which combines historical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the colour and devices of the Russian fairy-tale in a narrative of rebellion and romance. These new translations, as well as being meticulously faithful to the original, do full justice to the elegance and fluency of Pushkin's prose. The Introduction provides insightful readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context. A chronology of the Pugachov Uprising illuminates the events in The Captain's Daughter. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 196mmItem Length: 128mmItem Width: 14mmTranslator: Alan MyersContributor: Andrew Kahn (Edited by), Alan Myers (Translated by)Genre: FictionBook Series: Oxford World's ClassicsTopic: Classic FictionAuthor: Alexander PushkinItem Weight: 234gRelease Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
Title: The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
ISBN-10: 0199538654
EAN: 9780199538652
ISBN: 9780199538652
Release Date: 01/29/2009
Release Year: 2009
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Translator: Alan Myers
Contributor: Alan Myers (Translated by)
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Book Title: Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, the Queen of Spades, the Captain's Daughter, Peter the Great's Blackamoor
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.6 in
Topic: Short Stories (Single Author), General, Literary
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Literary Criticism, Fiction
Item Weight: 8.3 Oz
Item Length: 7.7 in
Author: Alexander Pushkin, Alan Myers
Item Width: 5 in
Book Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
