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    Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings

    Author Alexander Pushkin
    Introduction by John Bayley
    Translated by Ronald Wilks
    Paperback
    $16.00 US
    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    On sale Jul 01, 1998 | 224 Pages | 9780140446753
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    Prose writings from one of Russia's greatest poets

    These stories are wonderful in their purity of form, humor, and understatement. This collection also contains a selection of other Pushkin writings, including the fragment Roslavlev, Egyptian Nights, and the autobiographical Journey to Arzrum.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
    Tales of Belkin and Other Prose WritingsIntroduction by John Bayley
    Further Reading
    Translator's Note

    The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin
    From the Editor
    The Shot
    The Blizzard
    The Undertaker
    The Postmaster
    The Squire's Daughter

    The History of the Village of Goryukhino
    Roslavlev
    Kirdzhali: A Tale
    Egyptian Nights
    A Journey to Arzrum at the Time of the 1829 Campaign

    Notes

    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. View titles by Alexander Pushkin

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    Prose writings from one of Russia's greatest poets

    These stories are wonderful in their purity of form, humor, and understatement. This collection also contains a selection of other Pushkin writings, including the fragment Roslavlev, Egyptian Nights, and the autobiographical Journey to Arzrum.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    Tales of Belkin and Other Prose WritingsIntroduction by John Bayley
    Further Reading
    Translator's Note

    The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin
    From the Editor
    The Shot
    The Blizzard
    The Undertaker
    The Postmaster
    The Squire's Daughter

    The History of the Village of Goryukhino
    Roslavlev
    Kirdzhali: A Tale
    Egyptian Nights
    A Journey to Arzrum at the Time of the 1829 Campaign

    Notes

    Author

    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. View titles by Alexander Pushkin

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