Belkin's Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Belkin's Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

First published in 1831, Belkin's Stories was the first completed work of fiction by the founding father of Russian literature. Through a series of interlinked stories purporting to have been told by various narrators to the recently deceased country squire Ivan Belkin, Pushkin offers his own

Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

This collection of Pushkin's shorter fiction contains a number of lesser-known works by Pushkin which are not easily available in English, including the novel Dubrovsky and the stories Egyptian Nights and Peter the Great's

Novels, Tales, Journeys: The Complete Prose of Alexander Pushkin (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Universally acknowledged as Russia's greatest poet, Pushkin wrote with the rich, prolific creative powers of a Mozart or a Shakespeare. His prose spans a remarkable range, from satires to epistolary tales, from light comedies to romantic adventures in the manner of Sir Walter Scott, from travel

The Captain's Daughter: Essential Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

A dazzling new collection of Pushkin's fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin's stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness

Novels, Tales, Journeys (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Lyrics: Volume 3 (1824-29) (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

The pioneer of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted - through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays, his short stories and his narrative poetry - a lasting influence well beyond the borders of his motherland. A slightly lesser-known, but by no means less important aspect

Lyrics Volume 2: 1817-24 (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

The founding father of modern Russian literature, Alexander Pushkin has exerted - through his novel in verse Eugene Onegin, his plays, his short stories and his narrative poetry - a long-lasting influence well beyond the borders of his motherland. A slightly lesser-known, but by no mean less

Fairy Tales (Skazki) (Russian Edition) (Pushkin Alexander S.)(Paperback)

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин (1799 - 1837) - величайший русский поэт и писатель, прозаик, драматург, публицист, критик, основоположник новой русской литературы,

The Queen of Spades and Other Stories (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

This volume contains new translations of four of Pushkin's best works of fiction. The Queen of Spades has long been acknowledged as one of the world's greatest short stories, in which Pushkin explores the nature of obsession. The Tales of Belkin are witty parodies of sentimentalism, while Peter the

The Queen Of Spades - Alexandr Sergejevič Puškin

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

The Captain's Daughter (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

An NYRB Classics Original Alexander Pushkin's short novel is set during the reign of Catherine the Great, when the Cossacks rose up in rebellion against the Russian empress. Presented as the memoir of Pyotr Grinyov, a nobleman, The Captain's Daughter tells how, as a feckless youth and fledgling

Subtly Worded and Other Stories (Teffi)(Paperback)

A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format. Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her

Love Poems (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

This volume contains, in a new translation, a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional

Eugene Onegin (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Still the benchmark of Russian literature 175 years after its first publication--now in a marvelous new translation Pushkin's incomparable poem has at its center a young Russian dandy much like Pushkin in his attitudes and habits. Eugene Onegin, bored with the triviality of everyday life, takes a

Universal Love: Stories (Weinstein Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Ruslan and Lyudmila (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters along the way. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila -

Captain's Daughter (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Set against the backdrop of the the Pugachev rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed novel and remains one of his most popular

Selected Poetry (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Winner of the 2020 Read Russia Prize A new collection of Pushkin's great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony Wood A Penguin Classic Pushkin's The Bronze Horseman, based on the statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824, is widely considered to be his most

Tales of Belkin (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Ivan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts.... Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people.First published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin's Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. It is comprised of an introductory note

Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkin's daring masterwork is presented here in its

Eugene Onegin And Other Poems (Pushkin Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Pushkin was the first Russian writer of European stature, and he is among the very few artists - such as Homer and Shakespeare - to have shaped the consciousness and history of an entire nation and its language, thereby affecting the world at

The Last Bell (Pushkin Collection) - Johannes Urzidil

The first ever English collection of stories by Johannes Urzidil - a friend of Kafka and an unjustly overlooked writerA maid who is unexpectedly bequeathed her employers' worldly possessions when they flee the Nazi occupation; a loyal bank clerk, who falls into troublesome love with a portrait;

Children Of The New World - Stories (Weinstein Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Pushkin Alexander)(Paperback)

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and