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About this Item: PUSHKIN PRESS, United Kingdom, 2014. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Brand new Book. 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 GodunovExtract fromMozart and Salieri'The Bronze Horseman''Tsar Nikita and His Forty Daughters'Extract from Yevgeny OneginFourteen lyric poemsAlexander 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. Seller Inventory # AAZ9781908968036

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About this Item: PROGRESS PUBLISHERS MOSCOW, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. PROGRESS RUSSIAN CLASSICS SERIES. NO DJ, LIGHT WEAR TO CLOTH EXTREMITIES, BOARDS SLIGHTLY BOWED, OTHERWISE GOOD. 500. ILLUSTRATED. Seller Inventory # ABE-1521543421573

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About this Item: PROGREE PUBLISHERS, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. PRINTED IN USSR. RUSSIAN CLASSICS SERIES. NO DJ, LIGHT CLOTH WEAR AT EXTREMITIES, SMALL INK MARK ON REAR EPS OTHERWISE VG. 450. Seller Inventory # ABE-1544022631229

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About this Item: PUSHKIN PRESS, United Kingdom, 2014. Paperback. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Brand new Book. 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 GodunovExtract fromMozart and Salieri'The Bronze Horseman''Tsar Nikita and His Forty Daughters'Extract from Yevgeny OneginFourteen lyric poemsAlexander 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. Seller Inventory # BZV9781908968036

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About this Item: Progress Publishers, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Used; Good. Fast Dispatch. Expedited UK Delivery Available. Excellent Customer Service. Volume One. Seller Inventory # BBI3040503

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About this Item: Hardcover. Condition: Used: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean copy, some colouring of page edges due to age. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # P01_0200_RX_06/11___

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About this Item: Progress. Condition: Good. 1976. Hardcover. Clean copy with some yellowing. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges, as well as overall discolouring. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KOC0017541

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About this Item: Moscow: Raduga, 1990, 1990. 2 vols. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. 247 [&] 238, illus with coloured and b&w photos (no inscriptions). Seller Inventory # 119289

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About this Item: Progress, 1976. Condition: Good. 1976. Hardcover. Clean copy with some yellowing. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has minor wear and tear to edges, as well as overall discolouring. . . . . Seller Inventory # KOC0017541

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About this Item: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Small octavo, 208pp., mono. and colour illustrations. Dustwrapper quite browned, and with a few marginal tears and creases, though not extensive, and with minimal loss. Book clean and sound. Seller Inventory # 16648

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About this Item: Progress Publishers 1974, 1974. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs. Seller Inventory # xxpeh131678

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About this Item: Progress Publishers,, Moscow:, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Complete in two volumes. Volume One: Poetry. Volume Two: Prose Works. Part of the Progress Russian Classics Series. Translated from the Russian. Volume One is a first printing. Volume Two is a second printing. Both volumes are near fine in very good (age toning - darker on the first volume) dust jackets. B000NOX1A4. Seller Inventory # 91048

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About this Item: Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1974. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. O. Kiprensky Color Portrait Frontis (illustrator). 2 volume set; djs w/lite wear; 208+234 pages; occasional lite pencil mrkgs; ownr's name Size: 12 vo . Seller Inventory # 085527

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About this Item: Moscow, Raduga Publishers., 1974. This English translation originally published 1974, this book is reprint 1985. Includes many illustrations. -- Hardcover. Condition: very good (blank page creased) with very good minus dust jacket (short tears, small chip). Seller Inventory # 32877

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About this Item: Raduga, Moscow, 1985. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2 volumes, Poetry and Prose, hard covers in tidy condition with similar, slightly chipped dust jackets Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 054155

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About this Item: n/a, 1974. n/a. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): Alexander Pushkin. Selected Works in Two VolumesHardcovervolume one?poetry. 1974. . In english (unless indicated otherwise by the description) language. SKUalb900efcbc47b7bce9092411292301f1ee Language: Russian (unless indicated otherwise by the description). Seller Inventory # alb900efcbc47b7bce9092411292301f1ee

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About this Item: Moscow, 1979. n/a. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): M. Progress 1979 year. In english (unless indicated otherwise by the description) language. SKUalbd42b36abc27315767d8cffcb062ce4e1 Language: Russian (unless indicated otherwise by the description). Seller Inventory # alb0520_d42b36abc27315767d8cffcb062ce4e1

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About this Item: n/a, 1979. Hardcover. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description. Short description (computer translated from Russian into English): Ser: Russian Classics Series. Translation with Russian Irina Zheleznova and Avril Pajman. Fig. M Progress 1979 year. In english language. SKUalbfeac9c90707bf36ab837eb656f4a0d12 Language: Russian (unless indicated otherwise by the description). Seller Inventory # albfeac9c90707bf36ab837eb656f4a0d12

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About this Item: n/a, 1979. n/a. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description: In English. Ser: Russian Classics Series. Translation with Russian Irina Zheleznova and Avril Pajman. Fig. M Progress 1979 year. SKUalb0620_e990dd5e95239a9e411859fe740720e5 Language: Russian. Seller Inventory # alb0620_e990dd5e95239a9e411859fe740720e5

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About this Item: n/a, 1974. n/a. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description : 1974 year. SKUalb8e5430ddd24e8d9afbaee2c47feec6dc Language: Russian. Seller Inventory # alb0620_8e5430ddd24e8d9afbaee2c47feec6dc

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About this Item: Moscow, 1979. n/a. Condition: Good. n/a. Please feel free to request a detailed description : In English . M. Progress 1979 year. SKUalb0620_39fc86214f59101b94a15860f2592811 Language: Russian. Seller Inventory # alb0620_39fc86214f59101b94a15860f2592811

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