The Collected Stories of Alexander Pushkin Introduction by John Bayley

by Pushkin, Alexander; Debreczeny, Paul; Bayley, John

• ISBN13: 9780375405495
• ISBN10: 0375405496
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-18
• Publisher: Everyman's Library

Summary

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Author Biography

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was a poet, playwright, and novelist who achieved literary prominence before he was twenty. His radical politics led to government censorship and periods of banishment from the capital, but he eventually married a popular society beauty and became a regular part of court life. Notoriously touchy about his honor, he died at age thirty-seven in a duel with his wife's alleged lover.

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Select Bibliography	xxxv
Chronology	xxxvi
Translator's Note	liv
Acknowledgments	lv
The Blackamoor of Peter the Great	3	(38)
The Guests Were Arriving at the Dacha	41	(8)
In the Corner of a Small Square	49	(4)
A Novel in Letters	53	(15)
The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin	68	(74)
From the Publisher	68	(4)
The Shot	72	(14)
The Blizzard	86	(13)
The Undertaker	99	(8)
The Stationmaster	107	(14)
The Squire's Daughter	121	(21)
A History of the Village of Goriukhino	142	(19)
Roslavlev	161	(13)
Dubrovksii	174	(84)
The Queen of Spades	258	(29)
Kirdzhali	287	(7)
A Tale of Roman Life	294	(4)
We Were Spending the Evening at Princess D.'s Dacha	298	(7)
Egyptian Nights	305	(15)
Maria Schoning	320	(6)
The Captain's Daughter	326	(117)
A History of Pugachev	443	(102)
Glossary	545