The Queen Of Spades

Alexander Pushkin

Little Clothbound Classics

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.

A countess with a card trick; love letters filled with deception; a desperate man with a pistol.'The Queen of Spades', one of Pushkin's most popular and chilling stories, is accompanied here by the thrilling 'Dubrovsky' and unforgettable 'Tales of Belkin'.

'He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature' - Guardian

Review

A prophetic phenomenon of the Russian spirit -- Fyodor Dostoevsky

He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature ― Guardian

About the Author

Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow in 1799. He was exiled for his liberal views on serfdom and autocracy, but this allowed him the freedom to write some of his greatest works, including the novel in verse Eugene Onegin. He died in 1837 after being fatally wounded in a duel.

Podrobnosti

Autor	Alexander Pushkin
Vydavatel	Penguin Classics
Jazyk	anglicky
Vazba	pevná
Počet stran	272
Formát	11,8 × 16,8 cm
EAN	9780241573761
Rok vydání	2022
Edice	Klasická beletrie Povídky a krátké příběhy Překladová beletrie