The Captain's Daughter

Essential Stories

Alexander Pushkin, Anthony Briggs

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Pushkin Press
18 May 2021

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Classic fiction (pre c 1945); Short stories

Series: Pushkin Collection

As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin's stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in Anthony Briggs's finely nuanced translations.

These are stories that upend expectations at every turn: in The Captain's Daughter, Pushkin's masterful novella of love and rebellion set during the reign of Catherine the Great, a mysterious encounter proves fatally significant during a brutal uprising, while in 'The Queen of Spades' a man obsessively pursues an elderly woman's secret for success at cards, with bizarre results.

By: Alexander Pushkin
Translated by: Anthony Briggs
Imprint: Pushkin Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 165mm, Width: 120mm,
ISBN: 9781782276388
ISBN 10: 1782276386
Series: Pushkin Collection
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 May 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Alexander Pushkin was born in 1799. He published his first poem when he was fifteen, and in 1820 his first long poem-Ruslan and Lyudmila-made him famous. His work, including the novel-in-verse Yevgeny Onegin, the poem The Bronze Horseman, the play Boris Godunov and the short story 'The Queen of Spades', has secured his place as one of the greatest writers, in any language, ever to have lived. He died aged just 37, having been wounded in a duel - Pushkin's 29th - by his brother-in-law.

Reviews for The Captain's Daughter: Essential Stories

'In any language, The Captain's Daughter would be a miniature masterpiece' - Daily Telegraph 'The Captain's Daughter is one of the stories in which Pushkin created Russian prose... It is true poet's prose, absolutely clear, objective, unpretentious and penetrating' - Spectator