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Also known as " Aleksandr Pushkin. Izbrannye proizvedeniya. Proza."
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"Beauties, maids of honour, hostesses of regular gatherings, top government officials and ministers - all came to be referred to as Pushkin's contemporaries, - wrote Anna Akhmatova. - He won a victory over time and space. They say: Pushkin era, Pushkin Petersburg".
"The pre-Pushkin literature was secular entertainment, - described the historical situation the 20th century classic Maxim Gorky. Pushkin was the first to understand that literature is a national cause of primary importance. The poet managed to convey the soul of the nation and its life". And on top of that, to introduce Russian literature to the world.
The present volume of the selected works includes Pushkin's best prose: "The Tales of Belkin" (1830), his social-psychological story "The Queen of Spades" (1833), and his historical novel about the times of Pugachev, "The Captain's Daughter" (1836). The illustrations include documentary material from the period: portraits of the poet, his relatives and his friends, pictures of places associated with Pushkin and his own drawings. In English.
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