Alexander Pushkin: 91 books

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the fates of three men and three women. It was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic...

"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...

From the award-winning translators: the complete prose narratives of the most acclaimed Russian writer of the Romantic era and one of the world's greatest storytellers. The father of Russian literature, Pushkin is beloved not only for his poetry but also for his brilliant stories, which range...

Alexander Pushkin was an influential Russian writer in the early 19th century.  Pushkin was considered to be the Russia’s greatest poet and he also helped create modern Russian literature.  This edition of The Bakchesarian Fountain includes a table of contents.

Classic Russian short story. According to Wikipedia: "Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and plays,...

Alexander Pushkin was an influential Russian writer in the early 19th century.  Pushkin was considered to be the Russia’s greatest poet and he also helped create modern Russian literature.  This edition of Marie; a Story of Russian Love includes a table of contents.

A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkin’s daring masterwork is presented here in its rarely...

By the time Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was twenty years old, he was already being recognized in the Russian literary scene as a great talent. He was born in Moscow and educated at home and at the Lyceum, studying Latin and eighteenth century French literature. Often seen as the founder of modern Russian...

The classic Russian short story. According to Wikipedia: "Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) was a Russian Romantic author who is considered to be the greatest Russian poet] and the founder of modern Russian literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems and...

Alexander Pushkin was an influential Russian writer in the early 19th century.  Pushkin was considered to be the Russia’s greatest poet and he also helped create modern Russian literature.  This edition of The Shot includes a table of contents.

'The people are silent' So ends Pushkin's great historical drama Boris Godunov, in which Boris's reign as Tsar witnesses civil strife and intrigue, brutality and misery. Its legacy is an uncertain future for the new Tsar whose inauguration is met with devastating silence by the people. Pushkin's dramatic...

"The Shot" is a short story by Aleksandr Pushkin published in 1831. It is the first of five tales in Pushkin's The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin, a cycle of five short stories. The Shot details events at a military outpost in a Russian province, and then several years later, on...

This early anthology of Russian poetry was compiled and translated by Deutsch and Yermolinksy and was originally published in 1921. It provides a fascinating and absorbing collection of some of the work of Russia’s greatest poets from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Deutsch and Yermolinksy...

Moscow 1598. The great Tsar Ivan the Terrible has died and Boris Godunov reluctantly, humbly takes the throne. But rumours are rife that Boris has secretly murdered the rightful heir and the distant shadow of this prodigal son threatens to close in and take revenge. Pushkin wrote Boris Godunov, with...