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Delphi Collected Works Of Alexander Pushkin (Illustrated)

Russia’s Father of Literature deserves a place in all digital libraries. This comprehensive eBook presents the major works of Alexander Pushkin, with beautiful illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material.* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Pushkin's life and works* Concise introductions to the poetry and other works* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* A rich selection of Pushkin’s greatest poems, many appearing for the first time in digital print* Excellent formatting of the texts* Almost the complete short fiction, including the famous 'Queen of Spades', as well as rare short stories appearing for the first time in digital print* Rare plays, with contents tables* Special criticism section, with three essays evaluating Pushkin’s contribution to literature* Features a bonus biography - discover Pushkin's literary life* new NCX toc feature allowing readers to skip to the next or previous poem, chapter or short story easily using the Kindle's 5-way controller* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The PoetrySHORT POEMSTHE FOUNTAIN OF BAKHCHISARAYTHE GIPSIESPOLTAVATHE BRONZE HORSEMANRUSLAN AND LYUDMILALIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Verse NovelEUGENE ONEGINThe Short Stories and Unfinished NovelsPETER THE GREAT’S NEGROMARIETHE SHOTTHE SNOWSTORMTHE UNDERTAKERTHE POSTMASTERMISTRESS INTO MAIDTHE QUEEN OF SPADESKIRDJALITHE CAPTAIN’S DAUGHTEREGYPTIAN NIGHTSDUBROVSKYThe PlaysBORIS GODUNOVTHE STONE GUESTMOZART AND SALIERIThe CriticismTHE ROMANTIC POETS: POUSHKIN by Rosa NewmarchPOUSHKIN: HIS WORKS by Rosa NewmarchLECTURES ON RUSSIAN LITERATURE: PUSHKIN by Ivan PaninThe BiographyA SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF ALEXANDER PUSHKIN by Henry Spalding

File Size: 3870 KB

Print Length: 1237 pages

Publisher: Delphi Classics; 1 edition (September 17, 2012)

Publication Date: September 17, 2012

Sold by:  Digital Services LLC

Language: English

ASIN: B009CZCBF6

Text-to-Speech: Enabled

X-Ray: Not Enabled

Word Wise: Enabled

Lending: Not Enabled

Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled

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This confirmed what I have heard before about Pushkin: although he is the poet who had the strongest influence on Russian culture , he is not accessible to English readers because of the poor quality of the translations of his work. So reading him in English is almost painful because we vaguely detect his genius, but only through the thick veil of lousy translations. I think it is comparable to reading a lousy Chinese translation of Shakespeare.

This was my first time reading Pushkin. I selected this Kindle edition for the cost, for a three session reading circle class. I was a little disappointed to discover that at least one of the short stories, The Queen of Spades, was severely edited. It was missing long, descriptive passages of the ball (dance), and the conversation between two of the main protagonists. The basic action components were retained, but much of the art was stripped away, like a Reader's Digest Condensed Book. Have not read all the included works yet; several of the other stories seemed fine. So, caveat emptor! And request to Delphi - please research your republic domain translations and make sure you are providing full works, or provide a disclaimer for buyers.

Great edition of Puskin. I am only a Russian language learner, so you must take my recommendation with a grain of salt.

A great collection of one the great Russian writers. The translation is done well and each story is well crafted. Nice addition having a collection like this in any library.

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