7 best short stories by Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin · August Nemo

май 2020 г. · 7 best short stories Книга 37 · Tacet Books

Об электронной книге

Welcome to the 7 Best Short Stories book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. This edition is dedicated to Alexander Pushkin.

Alexander Pushkin was a Russian poet and writer who is considered the father of the modern Russian novel. The so-called Golden Age of Russian Literature was inspired by the themes and aesthetics of Pushkin - we are talking about names like Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Goncharov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Lermontov, Nikolai Gogol.

This book contains:
- The Queen of Spades.
- The Shot.
- The Snowstorm.
- The Postmaster.
- The Coffin-maker.
- Kirdjali.
- Peter, The Great's Negro.

If you appreciate good literature, be sure to check out the other Tacet Books titles!

Об авторе

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born on June 6, 1799 in Moscow. His first major work was the poem Ruslan and Ludmila. His political verses associated him with the Decembrist revolt, causing him to be banished. He worked on Boris Godunov and the novel in verse Eugene Onegin before Nicholas I allowed him to return to Moscow in 1826. Pushkin died at age 37 after being forced into a duel.