An epic drama set in the early seventeenth century as Russia descends into civil war. "Howard Colyerâs extremely effective and pared-down style constantly adds energy to this adaptation of Pushkinâs greatest play...
In this book two Pushkin's stories - The Queen of Spades and The Shot - are presented in three formats: the original Russian texts with stress marks, the parallel English translations and the transliterated texts - Russian words written with Latin...
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.
Set during the Pugachov rebellion against Catherine the Great, The Captain's Daughter was Pushkin's only completed novel and remains one of his most popular works. The inexperienced and impetuous young nobleman Pyotr Grinyev is sent on military...
This early anthology of Russian poetry was compiled and translated by Deutsch and Yermolinksy and was originally published in 1921. It provides a fascinating and absorbing collection of some of the work of Russiaâs greatest poets from...
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.
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...
Alexander Pushkin was Russiaâs first true literary genius. Best known for his poetry he also wrote sparkling prose that revealed his national culture with elegance and understated humour. Here his gift for portraying the Russian people...