The Queen Of Spades - Alexander Pushkin

The Queen Of Spades by Alexander Pushkin / ISBN 9780241573761 / 259-page hardback from Penguin

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A countess with a card trick; love letters filled with deception; a desperate man with a pistol.'The Queen of Spades', one of Pushkin's most popular and chilling stories, is accompanied here by the thrilling 'Dubrovsky' and unforgettable 'Tales of Belkin'.

"He is the lasting wonder of Russian literature" --Guardian

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Alexander Pushkin was born in Moscow in 1799. He was exiled for his liberal views on serfdom and autocracy, but this allowed him the freedom to write some of his greatest works, including the novel in verse Eugene Onegin. He died in 1837 after being fatally wounded in a duel.