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The Queen of Spades ( Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized : Pikovaya dama) is a short story with supernatural elements by Alexander Pushkin, about human avarice. Written in autumn 1833 in Boldino, [1] it was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834. [2]
The Queen of Spades, classic short story by Aleksandr Pushkin, published in 1834 as “Pikovaya dama.” In the story a Russian officer of German ancestry named Hermann learns that a fellow officer’s grandmother, an old countess, possesses the secret of winning at faro, a high-stakes card game.
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Jul 1, 2017 · A collection of short stories by the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, translated by Mrs Sutherland Edwards. The title story is a classic tale of superstition, gambling and revenge, based on a popular folk legend.
The Queen of Spades is a short story with supernatural elements by Alexander Pushkin about human avarice. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833. Hermann, an ethnic German, is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army.
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The Queen of Spades is a 1949 British fantasy-horror film directed by Thorold Dickinson and starring Anton Walbrook, Edith Evans and Yvonne Mitchell (in her cinematic debut). It is based on the 1834 short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin .
Oct 17, 2007 · The Queen Of Spades by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… In Opera. About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin. The Queen of Spades. 14 min. Translated by: H. Twitchell. A t the house of Naroumov, a cavalry officer, the long winter night had been passed in gambling. At five in the morning breakfast was served to the weary players.
