The Queen of Spades [Paperback]

Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2005

Pushkin, who was born in 1799 and died in 1838, is the founder of Russian literature, and it is difficult to overestimate his influence. He is the first, and still the most generally beloved, of all their national poets. The wild enthusiasm that greeted his verse has never passed away, and he has generally been regarded in Russia as one of the great poets of the world.

Pushkin was, for a time at any rate, a Romantic, largely influenced, as all the world was then, by Byron. He is full of sentiment, smiles and tears, and passionate enthusiasms. He therefore struck out in a path in which he has had no great followers; for the big men in Russian literature are all Realists. Romanticism is as foreign to the spirit of Russian Realism as it is to French Classicism. What is peculiarly Slavonic about Pushkin is his simplicity, his naïveté. Though affected by foreign models, he was close to the soil. This is shown particularly in his prose tales, and it is here that his title as Founder of Russian Literature is most clearly demonstrated. He took Russia away from the artificiality of the eighteenth century, and exhibited the possibilities of native material in the native tongue.

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Considered to be the greatest Russian poet, Pushkin is also the pioneer of modern Russian literature. Introducing the use of vernacular speech, he amalgamates drama, poetry and satire in his works. He greatly influenced the Russian writers of all eras. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: Wildside Press (October 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557424217
• ISBN-13: 978-1557424211
• Product Dimensions: 5 x 8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent introduction to Pushkin, October 2, 2008

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The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin

This ebook is a very good translation of Russia's most celebrated author -Alexander Pushkin. It is a good introduction into the works of a classic and exceptionally talented writer.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Kindle edition of queen of spades, February 1, 2011

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The amazon blurb says this book in in Russian with accented text. Perhaps the paper text is, but the kindle one is in what I think is Ukrainian and is not accented.

1.0 out of 5 stars Aweful., January 16, 2012

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This review is from: The Queen of Spades (Paperback)

Pushkin's work is great. This edition is terrible. It is not the full story (short as the original story is) -- it is an adaptation, a shortened version, and most of the nuances are gone.