num_pages: 336
description: 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 Great's Blackamoor is an early experiment with recreating the past. The Captain's Daughter is a novel-length masterpiece which combines historical fiction in the manner of Sir Walter Scott with the devices of the Russian fairy-tale. The Introduction provides close readings of the stories and places them in their European literary context.
language: English
title: The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
titlecomplete: The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
characters: Hermann, Lizaveta Ivanovna, The Countess
genres: Short Stories, Russia, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Classic Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 8618
places: Russian Empire
publisher: Oxford University Press