The Queen of Spades and Other Stories 
Subtitle: A New Translation
Contributors: Andrew Kahn (Editor); Alan Myers (Translator)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: June 30, 1999
Language: eng
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780192839541
First sentence: In undertaking the publication of I. P. Belkin's Tales, now placed before the reader, we had hoped to include a biography of the late author, however brief, thus satisfying to some extent the legitimate curiosity of lovers of our native letters.