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Novels, Tales, Journeys: The Complete Prose of Alexander Pushkin

内容简介

Fromtheaward-winningtranslators:thecompleteprosenarrativesofthemostacclaimedRussianwriteroftheRomanticeraandoneoftheworld'sgreateststorytellers.ThefatherofRussianliterature,Pushkinisbelovednotonlyforhispoetrybutalsoforhisbrilliantstories,whichrangefromdramatictalesoflove,obsession,andbetrayaltodarkfablesandsparklingcomicmasterpieces,fromsatiricalepistolarytalesandromanticadventuresinthemannerofSirWalterScotttoimaginativehistoricalfictionandthehauntingdreamworldof"TheQueenofSpades."ThefiveshortstoriesofTheLateTalesofIvanPetrovichBelkinarelightlyhumorousandyetrevealastonishinghumandepths,andhisshortnovel,TheCaptain'sDaughter,hasbeencalledthemostperfectbookinRussianliterature.

作者简介

ALEXANDERPUSHKIN(1799-1837)wasapoet,playwright,andnovelistwhoachievedliteraryprominencebeforehewastwenty.Hisradicalpoliticsledtogovernmentcensorshipandperiodsofbanishmentfromthecapital,butheeventuallymarriedapopularsocietybeautyandbecamearegularpartofcourtlife.Notoriouslytouchyabouthishonor,hediedatagethirty-seveninaduelwithhiswife'sallegedlover.RICHARDPEVEARandLARISSAVOLOKHONSKYhavetranslatedworksbyTolstoy,Dostoevsky,Chekhov,Gogol,Bulgakov,andPasternak.TheyweretwiceawardedthePEN/Book-of-the-MonthClubTranslationPrize(forDostoevsky'sTheBrothersKaramazovandTolstoy'sAnnaKarenina).TheyaremarriedandliveinFrance.

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