The Captain's Daughter
Essential Stories
Alexander Pushkin author Anthony Briggs translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:25th Feb '21
Should be back in stock very soon
As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin's stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in Anthony Briggs's finely nuanced translations. These are stories that upend expectations at every turn: in The Captain's Daughter, Pushkin's masterful novella of love and rebellion set during the reign of Catherine the Great, a mysterious encounter proves fatally significant during a brutal uprising, while in 'The Queen of Spades' a man obsessively pursues an elderly woman's secret for success at cards, with bizarre results.
His stories do not seem to date... worth turning to again and again -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *
In any language, The Captain's Daughter would be a miniature masterpiece * Daily Telegraph *
The Captain's Daughter is one of the stories in which Pushkin created Russian prose... It is true poet's prose, absolutely clear, objective, unpretentious and penetrating * Spectator *
Pushkin's greatest stories include the famous supernatural tale 'The Queen of Spades' and the thrilling historical novel about the Pugachev rebellion, The Captain's Daughter. Everyone should read these * Washington Post *
Time has done nothing to dull the excitement of the story, which, for all its romantic coincidences, is something more than a mere tale of adventure because its characters are something more than cardboard * New York Times *
ISBN: 9781782276388
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256 pages