The Queen of Spades - Alexander Pushkin [KSIĄŻKA]

This collection of Pushkin's stories begins with ?The Queen of Spades', perhaps the most celebrated short story in Russian literature. The young Hermann, while watching some friends gambling, hears a rumour of how an officer's grandmother is always able to predict the three winning cards in a game. He becomes obsessed with the woman and her seemingly mystical powers, and seeks to extract the secret from her at any cost. This volume, part of a new series of the complete works of Pushkin in English, also includes ?Dubrovsky', the story of a man's desire to avenge himself after his land is unjustly taken from him by an aristocrat; ?The Negro of Peter the Great', a tale inspired by Pushkin's maternal grandfather; and the unfinished story ?Egyptian Nights', a meditation on poetry and the poet. Together, they represent some of the most striking and enduring pieces of Pushkin's prose fiction. The full list of stories contained is as follows: ?The Queen of Spades', ?Kirdzhali', ?The Negro of Peter the Great', ?The Guests Were Arriving at the Dacha?', ?A Novel in Letters', ?Notes of a Young Man', ?My Fate Is Sealed: I Am Getting Married', ?A Fragment', ?In the Corner of a Small Square', ?Roslavlev', ?A Novel at a Caucasian Spa', ?Dubrovsky', ?A Tale of Roman life', ?Maria Schoning', A Russian Pelham', ?We Were Spending the Evening at Princess D.'s Dacha', ?Egyptian Nights', ?In 179- I was Returning', ?The Last of the Lineage of Joan of Arc'