A collection of fiction, travel narratives, and epistolary tales includes The Queen of Spades, in which an elderly countess is rumored to possess a supernatural secret for winning at cards. Featuring the work of an award-winning translator team, the complete prose narratives of the acclaimed early 19th-century Romantic-era Russian author include The Queen of Spades, the five short stories of The Late Tales of Ivan Petrovich Belkin and the short novel, The Captains Daughter. From the award-winning translators: the complete prose narratives of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era and one of the worlds greatest storytellers. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range from dramatic tales of love, obsession, and betrayal to dark fables and sparkling comic masterpieces, from satirical epistolary tales and romantic adventures in the manner of Sir Walter Scott to imaginative historical fiction and the haunting dreamworld of The Queen of Spades. The five short stories of The Late Tales of Ivan Petrovich Belkin are lightly humorous and yet reveal astonishing human depths, and his short novel, The Captains Daughter, has been called the most perfect book in Russian literature.
