{"product_id":"the-queen-of-spades-hardcover","title":"The Queen of Spades - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Pushkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the most celebrated short stories by a foundational figure in Russian literature, now in a Little Clothbound Classic designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Hardcover Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA 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.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlexander Pushkin\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 1837 after being fatally wounded in a duel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e have translated works by Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Chekhov, Gogol, and Pasternak. They were twice awarded the PEN\/Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize, for their translations of Dostoyevsky's \u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e and Tolstoy's \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in Paris.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.3 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46870295150731,"sku":"9780241573761","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/coingratulations.com\/products\/the-queen-of-spades-hardcover","provider":"Coingratulations","version":"1.0","type":"link"}