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by Alexander Pushkin

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Shortlisted for the 2020 Read Russia PrizeA new collection of Pushkin''s great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony WoodA Penguin ClassicPushkin''s The Bronze Horseman, based on the statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the gre... Read more
Shortlisted for the 2020 Read Russia Prize

A new collection of Pushkin''s great narrative and lyric verse, translated by Antony Wood

A Penguin Classic

Pushkin''s The Bronze Horseman, based on the statue of Peter the Great in Saint Petersburg and the great flood of 1824, is widely considered to be his most successful narrative poem, the second most famous poem in Russian literature after his Eugene Onegin, and notoriously difficult to translate. One of the most influential works in Russian literature, it will appeal to readers of Dostoyevsky''s The Double, Andrei Biely''s Petersburg, Anna Akhmatova''s poetry, and the works of Nikolai Gogol. This new translation, described by Robert Chandler as "truly wonderfull," is accompanied here by Pushkin''s greatest shorter verses. They range from lyric poetry to narrative verse based on traditional Russian stories of enchanted tsars and magical fish. Together, they show the dazzling range and achievement of Russia''s greatest poet. Less

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File size7.75 X 5.06 X 0.76 in
Print pages336
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
Publication date October 13, 2020
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780030091308
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Alexander Pushkin
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (6 June [O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the gr...

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