{"product_id":"9781805330936","title":"The Queen of Spades and Selected Works","description":"\"The Queen of Spades\" is one of the most famous tales in Russian literature, and inspired the eponymous opera by Tchaikovsky; in \"The Stationmaster\", from The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, Pushkin reworks the parable of the Prodigal Son; \"Tsar Nikita and his Forty Daughters\" is one of Pushkin’s bawdier early poems; and the narrative poem \"The Bronze Horseman\", inspired by a St Petersburg statue of Peter the Great, is one of Pushkin’s best-known and most influential works. The volume also includes a selection of Pushkin’s best lyric poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:\u003cbr\u003e• Short Stories: \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Spades\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Stationmaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• Drama: Extracts from \u003ci\u003eBoris Godunov\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMozart and Salieri\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• The Bronze Horseman (narrative poem), Tsar Nikita and His Forty\u003cbr\u003eDaughters (folk poem) and 14 lyric poems\u003cbr\u003e• Novel in Verse: Extract from \u003ci\u003eYevgeny Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e (novel in verse)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.","brand":"Alexander Pushkin","offers":[{"title":"Steerforth Press |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-05-07","offer_id":44663256449279,"sku":"9781805330936","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d6270429-4f60-4d9b-8a95-3b54f5676463.jpg?v=1704535125","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781805330936","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}