Introduction--The Moor of Peter the Great--A Novel in LettersThe Tales of the late Ivan Petrovitch Belkin:--From the Editor --The Shot--The Blizzard--The Undertaker--The Postmaster--Peasant-Lady--The History of the Village of Goryukhino--Roslavlev--Dubrovsky--The Queen of Spades--Kirdjali--Egyptian ...
bookshelves: classic, slavic Read from September 05, 2010 to May 08, 2013, read count: 3 Canto the FirstI"My uncle's goodness is extreme,If seriously he hath disease;He hath acquired the world's esteemAnd nothing more important sees;A paragon of virtue he!But what a nuisance it will be,Chained t...
In response to Geoff's recent review of Part I:My amazing girlfriend gave me both volumes of Nabokov's translation of Onegin for xmas. She's a keeper.Oddly enough, my amazing girlfriend cross-examined me about how often I actually read Nabokov's translation of Onegin, the spine of which was suspicio...
Another masterpiece in the Russian literature. I loved this book, it's easy to read and catches the attention of the reader and keeps it to the last page.
What a man Pushkin was.What's most startling about Pushkin and this collection is how modern and relatable the stories are -both in theme and language- ... you wouldn't think in this day and age of silly technology that a guy from 19th century Russia would be so open to connection.
This was one amazing historical book about the Pugachev's Rebellion against Catherine the Great. It shows the historical side but also the love between two people caught in the middle - Pyotr and Masha. I really enjoyed reading this one.
The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin is a short story that uses to be published with other works of the most famous Russian writer that may differ according to the edition. The title giving story of this edition is about Hermann, a young officer of the engineers in the Russian Army. When his com...
Canto the FirstI"My uncle's goodness is extreme,If seriously he hath disease;He hath acquired the world's esteemAnd nothing more important sees;A paragon of virtue he!But what a nuisance it will be,Chained to his bedside night and dayWithout a chance to slip away.Ye need dissimulation baseA dying ma...
I dare you, double-triple-dog dare you¹, to find a Russian person who has never heard of Evgeniy Onegin. ¹ If you do somehow manage to find this living-under-the-rock person, I unfortunately cannot provide you with a monetary reward since I have no money to speak of. Instead, I will treat you to t...
Песня Мери ("Пир во время чумы") из К/Ф "Маленькие трагедии" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaujPBTOvu0Было время, процветалаВ мире наша сторона:В воскресение бывалаЦерковь божия полна;Наших деток в шумной школеРаздавались голоса,И сверкали в светлом полеСерп и быстрая коса.Ныне церковь опустела;Шко...
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