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The Golden Fish (Paperback)
Alexander Pushkin; Edited by Joy Cowley
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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
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 and
clarity, more than ever in Anthony Briggs's finely nuanced
translations. These are stories that upend expectations at every
turn: in The Captain's Daughter, Pushkin's masterful novella of
love and rebellion set during the reign of Catherine the Great, a
mysterious encounter proves fatally significant during a brutal
uprising, while in 'The Queen of Spades' a man obsessively pursues
an elderly woman's secret for success at cards, with bizarre
results.
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 service to a
remote fortress, where he falls in love with Masha, Captain
Mironov's daughter - but then the ruthless Cossack Pugachov lays
siege to the stronghold, setting in motion a tragic train of
events. This volume also contains another work by Pushkin on the
same theme, A History of Pugachov, which presents an impartial,
meticulously researched history of the revolt, but was regarded in
aristocratic circles as subversive on its publication. Together,
these two works provide a fascinating insight into the character of
the peasant who tried to overthrow an empress, written with the
clarity and insight of Russia's greatest poet.
The first volume in the series is by one of the most renowned
contemporary translators into English. He discusses his recent
experience of translating Tolstoy s "War and Peace," and offers
alongside his illuminating essay a wonderful rendition of Pushkin s
long poem "The Tale of the Preacher and His Man Bumpkin." The poem
is printed in Russian and English and is accompanied by drawings by
Pushkin himself."
Known as Russia's greatest poet, Pushkin was equally at ease working in other literary forms. The prose collected here includes "The Captain's Daughter," which chronicles the Pugachev Rebellion of 1770, "The Negro of Peter the Great," and "Dubrovsky."
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Tales Of Belkin (Paperback)
Alexander Pushkin; Translated by Josh Billings
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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 and five linked stories, ostensibly collected by
the scholar Ivan Belkin. The stories center variously around
military figures, the wealthy, and businessmen; this beautiful
novella gives a vivid portrait of nineteenth century Russian
life.
It has become, as well, one of the most beloved books in Russian
literary history, and symbolic of the popularity of the novella
form in Russia. In fact, it has become the namesake for Russia's
most prestigious annual literary prize, the Belkin Prize, given
each year to a book voted by judges to be the best novella of the
year.
It is presented here in a sparkling new translation by Josh
Billings. "Tales of Belkin" also highlights the nature of our
ongoing Art of the Novella Series--that is, that it specializes in
important although albeit lesser-known works by major writers,
often in new tranlsations.
The Art of The Novella Series
Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella
is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless,
it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest
writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House
celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles
that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first
time.
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard
as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial
Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny
of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and
a stylized Pushkin himself - and the fates and affections of three
women - Tatyana the provincial beauty, her sister Olga, and
Pushkin's mercurial Muse. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in
tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and offers
the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical
digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was
Pushkin's own favourite work, and it shows him attempting to
transform himself from a romantic poet into a realistic novelist.
This new translation seeks to retain both the literal sense and the
poetic music of the original, and capture the poem's spontaneity
and wit. The introduction examines several ways of reading the
novel, and text is richly annotated. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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Novels, Tales, Journeys (Paperback)
Alexander Pushkin; Translated by Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky
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Puskin's masterpieces in prose, in sparkling new translations by
the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky. The father of Russian
literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for
his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic narratives of
love, obsession and betrayal to lively comic tales, and from
satirical epistolary tales to imaginative historical fiction. This
volume includes all Pushkin's prose in brilliant new translations,
including his masterpieces 'The Queen of Spades', 'The Tales of the
Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin' and 'The Captain's Daughter'.
Celebrating three Russian literary greats-Alexander Pushkin, Anna
Akhmatova, and Andrei Voznesensky-this collection of their writing
presents new translations of a combined 44 poems and includes both
Russian and English text. Nearly 20 artworks-from colour monoprints
to black-and-white collages, illustrations, and photographs-by
Pushkin, Voznesensky, Amadeo Modigliani, Nikolai Tyrsa, and Claire
Weissman Wilks are also included, opening an artistic dialogue with
the poems and the reader. Alexander Pushkin is, perhaps, the
greatest of Russian poets and considered the founder of modern
Russian literature. Anna Akhmatova is Russia's singular female poet
and perhaps the greatest in Western culture. Andrei Voznesensky was
considered one of the most daring writers of the Soviet era, and
before his death he was both critically and popularly acclaimed.
These three master poets are brought together with masterful
translations that engage their many complexities and are a must for
personal or academic interests in Russian literature or poetry in
general.
When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg
to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he
strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet
Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana
and cynically courting her sister Olga - Lensky's fiancee - Onegin
finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene
Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke,
along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text
of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the
high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the
quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the
archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century.
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 large. Eugene Onegin
is not merely the greatest poem in the Russian language by its most
influential poet: it is a global culture, social and political icon
of the highest order. The historical power of this work - a novel
in verse - is made all the more extraordinary by the simplicity of
its subject. Eugene Onegin is a story of disappointed love. Tatyana
falls for the handsome Eugene to whom she daringly makes advances.
He cooly rejects her, then flirts with her sister, Olga. When
challenged by Olga's fiance, Lensky kills him in a duel, seemingly
indifferrent to the grief he causes. (Ironically, Puskhin himself
was to be killed in similar circumstances in 1937, some seven years
after he completed the work). Onegin leaves the district. When he
returns four years later, Tatyana has married another man and it is
her turn to reject his advances. But it turns out that Onegin's
hauteur is affected: he has always loved her passionately. She
loves him too and both reflect painfully on what might have been.
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 rarely published uncensored version of
1825. Set in Vienna, Flanders, Madrid and London, Pushkin's
celebrated Little Tragedies - Mozart and Salieri, The Mean-Spirited
Knight, The Stone Guest and A Feast during the Plague - each focus
on a protagonist's driving obsession - with status, money, sex or
risk-taking - and its devastating consequences.
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 trip to the
countryside, where he encounters the young and passionate Tatyana.
She falls in love with him but is cruelly rejected. Years later,
Eugene Onegin sees the error of his ways, but fate is not on his
side. A tragic story about love, innocence, and friendship, this
beautifully written tale is a treasure for any fan of Russian
literature.
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 variation on themes and genres
that were popular in his day and provides a vivid portrayal of the
Russian people. From the story of revenge served cold in 'The Shot'
to the havoc wreaked by a blizzard on the life of two young lovers,
from the bittersweet tones of 'The Station Master' to the
supernatural atmosphere of 'The Undertaker', this collection -
presented here in a brand-new translation by Roger Clarke -
sparkles with humour and is a testament to the brilliance and
versatility of Pushkin's mind.
Text in Arabic. It is a profound, honest and serious exploration of
the truth, an analysis of the contradictions of eternal existence,"
Alexander Pushkin said of his prose work. In the prose, Russia's
most famous poet found space to study specific social phenomena
that face the universal laws of human life. Over the centuries,
critics have called them "ever-contemporary", shaped by an
unmatched formulation of harmony, cohesion, and beauty.
The Queen of Spades and Selected Works is a brand new English
translation of two of Alexander Pushkin's greatest short stories,
'The Queen of Spades' and 'The Stationmaster', together with the
poem 'The Bronze Horseman', extracts from Yevgeny Onegin and Boris
Godunov, and a selection of his poetic work. 'The Queen of Spades'
('Pikovaya dama'), originally published in Russian in 1834, is one
of the most famous tales in Russian literature, and inspired the
eponymous opera by Tchaikovsky; in 'The Stationmaster'
('Stantsionnyy smotritel''), originally published in Russian in The
Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin (Povesti pokoynogo Ivana
Petrovicha Belkina) in 1830, he reworks the parable of the Prodigal
Son; the hugely entertaining 'Tsar Nikita and his Forty Daughters'
is a bawdier early poem; and the deeply moving narrative poem 'The
Bronze Horseman', inspired by a St Petersburg statue of Peter the
Great, is one of his most influential works. The volume also
includes a selection of his best lyric poetry. Translated by
Anthony Briggs, The Queen of Spades and Selected Works is the
perfect introduction to Alexander Pushkin's finest work. Contents:
'The Queen of Spades' 'The Stationmaster' Extract from Boris
Godunov Extract fromMozart and Salieri 'The Bronze Horseman' 'Tsar
Nikita and His Forty Daughters' Extract from Yevgeny Onegin
Fourteen lyric poems Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin ranks as one of
Russia's greatest writers. Born in 1799, he published his first
poem when he was a teenager, and attained fame in 1820 with his
first long poem, Ruslan and Lyudmila. In the late 1820s he found
himself the target of government censors, unable to travel or
publish at will; during this time, he wrote his most famous play,
Boris Godunov, and Yevgeny Onegin (published 1825-1832). 'The Queen
of Spades', his most famous prose work, was published in 1834; his
best-known poem, 'The Bronze Horseman', appeared after his death
(from a wound sustained in a duel) in 1837. Anthony Briggs is one
of the world's leading authorities on the work of Pushkin, author
of Alexander Pushkin: A Critical Study and editor of Alexander
Pushkin: A Celebration of Russia's Best-Loved Writer. He is also an
acclaimed translator from the Russian, whose translations include
War and Peace, The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Resurrection by Leo
Tolstoy.
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
of St Petersburg high-society in the story of the passionate
Hermann's quest to master chance and make his fortune at the
card-table. Underlying the taut plot is an ironical treatment of
the romantic dreamer and social outcast. This volume contains three
other major works of Pushkin's fiction, moving from the witty
parodies of sentimentalism and high melodrama in The Tales of
Belkin to an early experiment with recreating the past in Peter the
Great's Blackamoor. It concludes with the novel-length masterpiece
The Captain's Daughter, which combines historical fiction in the
manner of Sir Walter Scott with the colour and devices of the
Russian fairy-tale in a narrative of rebellion and romance. These
new translations, as well as being meticulously faithful to the
original, do full justice to the elegance and fluency of Pushkin's
prose. The Introduction provides insightful readings of the stories
and places them in their European literary context. A chronology of
the Pugachov Uprising illuminates the events in The Captain's
Daughter. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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