First published in 1831, Belkin's Stories was the first completed work of fiction by the founding father of Russian literature. Through a series of interlinked stories purporting to have been told by various narrators to the recently deceased country squire Ivan Belkin, Pushkin offers his own variation on themes and genres that were popular in his day and provides a vivid portrayal of the Russian people. From the story of revenge served cold in 'The Shot' to the havoc wreaked by a blizzard on the life of two young lovers, from the bittersweet tones of 'The Station Master' to the supernatural atmosphere of 'The Undertaker', this collection — presented here in a brand-new translation by Roger Clarke — sparkles with humour and is a testament to the brilliance and versatility of Pushkin's mind.

In order to rescue his beloved Lyudmila, who has been abducted by the evil wizard Chernomor, the warrior Ruslan faces an epic and perilous quest, encoutering a multitude of fantastic and terrifying characters along the way. The basis for Glinka's famous opera of the same name, Ruslan and Lyudmila — Pushkin's second longest poetical work — is a dramatic and ingenious retelling of Russian folklore, full of humour and irony.

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 Daughters is one of Pushkin's bawdier early poems; and the narrative poem The Bronze Horseman, inspired by a St Petersburg statue of Peter the Great, is one of Pushkin's best-known and most influential works. The volume also includes a small selection of Pushkin's best lyric poetry.

One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he perfected like few others before or after him. This volume contains a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as I Loved You, Night, and A Magic Moment I Remember, pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.

El zar Saltán es un bonito relato basado en cuentos populares rusos que su autor escuchó en su infancia. Es uno de los relatos más populares de Rusia. En él encontramos todo tipo de maravillas, al mismo tiempo que nos habla de la lucha entre las fuerzas del bien y del mal, dirigidas por la envidia. Pero las fuerzas del bien cuentan con un cisne misterioso capaz de obrar todo tipo de prodigios... Las magníficas ilustraciones de Iván Bilibin acompañan esta edición, que es un gran placer estético para lectores de cualquier edad. Bilibin fue uno de los mejores ilustradores rusos del siglo XX, con un estilo preciosista basado en los motivos tradicionales rusos, orientales y en el Art Nouveau. Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) fue el más importante escritor del romanticismo ruso y quien introdujo este movimiento en su país. Fue un gran innovador de la literatura rusa en la primera mitad del siglo XIX, y tuvo gran influencia en las generaciones posteriores. En su obra encontramos poesía, teatro, novela, cuentos y fábulas. De Pushkin, Gadir ha publicado anteriormente El cuento del Gallo de oro.

El zar Saltán es un bonito relato basado en cuentos populares rusos que su autor escuchó en su infancia. Es uno de los relatos más populares de Rusia. En él encontramos todo tipo de maravillas, al mismo tiempo que nos habla de la lucha entre las fuerzas del bien y del mal, dirigidas por la envidia. Pero las fuerzas del bien cuentan con un cisne misterioso capaz de obrar todo tipo de prodigios... Las magníficas ilustraciones de Iván Bilibin acompañan esta edición, que es un gran placer estético para lectores de cualquier edad. Bilibin fue uno de los mejores ilustradores rusos del siglo XX, con un estilo preciosista basado en los motivos tradicionales rusos, orientales y en el Art Nouveau.

«Fairy Tales by Alexander Pushkin: «Ruslan and Ludmila (translated by Irina Zheleznova)», «The Tale of Tsar Saltan (translated by Lovis Zelikoff)», «The Fisherman and the Goldfish (translated by Irina Zheleznova)», «The Tale of the Golden Cockerel (translated by Lovis Zelikoff)».»

The inexperienced and impetuous young nobleman Pyotr Grinyev is sent on military service in a remote fortress, where he falls in love with Masha, Captain Mironov's daughter — but then the ruthless Cossack Pugachev lays siege to the stronghold, setting in motion a tragic train of events. This volume also contains another work by Pushkin on the same theme, The History of the Pugachev Rebellion, which presents an impartial, meticulously researched history of the revolt, and was condemned as being subversive on its publication. Together, these two works provide a fascinating insight into the character of the peasant who tried to overthrow an empress, written with the clarity and insight of Russia's greatest poet.

В книге представлены сказки Александра Сергеевича Пушкина в живописи Холуя. Альбом на английском языке.

В книге представлены сказки Александра Сергеевича Пушкина в живописи Холуя. Альбом на французском языке.

A tale of intrigue, deception, murder and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the rise and fall of an ambitious prince who cannot avoid facing the consequences of his dark past. Based on the historical figure of the nobleman Boris Godunov, who seized power from Ivan the Terrible's successor in sixteenth-century Russia, and partly inspired by Shakespeare's Macbeth, Alexander Pushkin's 1825 play showcases the author's mastery of verse and dramatic form. Also included in this volume are Pushkin's celebrated four Little Tragedies: Mozart and Salieri, The Miserly Knight, The Stone Guest and A Feast During the Plague.

Includes many famous poems well known to, and often memorized by, every educated Russian, as well as lighter, more occasional pieces. This title presents a collection of 167 of Pushkin's lyrics arranged chronologically, beginning with verse written in the poet's teenage years and closing with lines composed shortly before his death.

The Tales of Belkin were the first work of prose fiction to be completed by Russia's greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin. Written over a short period in the autumn of 1830, and sometimes referred to as the little parodies, the five stories reflect a number of the key interests of European writers of the time, such as the Byronic hero, the Gothic novel, and the tale of the supernatural. Perhaps the key element in each of these sparkling vignettes is surprise, as they provide some familiar literary themes with a range of unexpected twists. At the same time they suggested fruitful new avenues for Russian writers to explore, and the country's literature would simply not have been the same without them. The volume is completed by Pushkin's other prose work of the same time, The History of the Village of Goryukhino , an amusing parody of a contemporary history of Russia.

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) is, for Russians, their greatest writer; Eugene Onegin is his greatest work. Yet it remains little known outside Russia. Attempts to render Pushkin's Russian stanzas into verse have tried in vain to imitate the most inimitable features of the original, while masking many of its other glories. This prose version, for the first time, gives us a Eugene Onegin that is easy and enjoyable to read. Where previous versions lost the novel in the verse, Roger Clarke has discarded the verse to bring us the novel. And more than the novel: what shines through here are not only Puskin's touching story and subtle characterisation, but his incisive pictures of contemporary Russian life and landscapes, his social and literary comment, his humour, and indeed the essential poetry of the work. The addition of four captivating verse-tales from Pushkin's early maturity makes this book a must for anybody interested in Russian or European literature.

This novel in verse, said to be the parent of all Russian novels, is a tragic story of innocence, love and friendship. Eugene Onegin, an aristocrat, much like Pushkin and his peers in his attitude and habits, is bored. He visits the countryside where the young and passionate Tatyana falls in love with him. In a touching letter she confesses her love but is cruelly rejected. Years later, it is Onegin's turn to be rejected by Tatyana.