{"title":"Alexander Pushkin","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"eugene-onegin","title":"Eugene Onegin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in serial instalments between 1825 and 1832, Alexander Pushkin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a novel in verse that captures the restlessness, vanity and melancholy of Russian society in the early nineteenth century. Its protagonist, a sophisticated young aristocrat weary of fashionable life, inherits an estate in the countryside, where he befriends the idealistic poet Lensky and encounters the thoughtful, reserved Tatyana Larina. When Tatyana confesses her love for Onegin, he rejects her; a fatal duel and the passage of years will transform the lives of all three. Beneath its elegant wit and social observation lies a poignant meditation on missed opportunities, emotional restraint and the irreversibility of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in a supple, conversational verse that moves effortlessly between irony and tenderness, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e helped establish the foundations of modern Russian literature. Pushkin’s celebrated digressions, intimate narrative voice and vivid portraits of provincial and metropolitan life make the poem both a subtle social comedy and a deeply personal work. Its influence reaches far beyond the page, most famously into Tchaikovsky’s operatic adaptation, while its central figures remain enduring portraits of romantic longing and the human cost of indecision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I loved you; and, it may be, from my soul the love has not quite gone away.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Alexander Pushkin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The most original of all of Pushkin’s writings.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRussian Views of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndiana \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64027016855882,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-queen-of-spades-and-other-stories","title":"The Queen of Spades and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1834, Alexander Pushkin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Spades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterpiece of Russian short fiction, blending psychological suspense, supernatural unease and a sharp portrait of aristocratic society. Its protagonist, Hermann, is a young officer consumed by the desire to master a secret that supposedly guarantees success at cards; his pursuit draws him into the orbit of an elderly countess and her enigmatic granddaughter, with consequences that blur the boundaries between calculation and madness. Around this haunting tale, the collection gathers stories that reveal Pushkin’s remarkable range, from historical drama and romantic adventure to irony, social observation and the uncanny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWriting with extraordinary economy and clarity, Pushkin helped shape the modern Russian prose tradition, influencing generations of writers who followed him, including Gogol, Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Spades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a world of polished manners and gambling rooms becomes a place of obsession, chance and supernatural ambiguity, while the wider collection displays the wit and narrative versatility that distinguish Pushkin’s work. These stories remain compelling not only for their atmosphere and ingenuity, but for their insight into ambition, fate and the fragile border between reason and delusion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Two fixed ideas can no more exist together in the moral world than two bodies can occupy one and the same place in the physical world.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Alexander Pushkin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Spades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Spades and Other Stories\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The Queen of Spades … is the height of the art of the fantastic.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Fyodor Dostoevsky, quoted in Justin Doherty’s essay on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Queen of Spades\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64027108278602,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"the-captains-daughter","title":"The Captain's Daughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in 1836, Alexander Pushkin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Captain’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a historical novel set during the Pugachev Rebellion of 1773–1775, when a Cossack uprising shook the Russian Empire. The young officer Pyotr Grinyov is posted to a remote frontier fortress, where he falls in love with Maria, the daughter of its captain, only to find their lives caught up in the violence of rebellion. At the centre of the story stands the formidable rebel leader Yemelyan Pugachev, whose encounters with Grinyov test the boundaries between loyalty, justice and mercy. Pushkin brings the upheaval of history into intimate focus, tracing the ways private honour and affection survive amid political chaos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten with characteristic clarity and restraint, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Captain’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines adventure, romance and moral complexity without losing sight of the human cost of revolution. Drawing on Pushkin’s historical research into the rebellion, the novel offers a nuanced portrait of authority and revolt, resisting simple divisions between hero and villain. It stands among the foundational works of Russian historical fiction, revealing Pushkin’s ability to make the past vivid through precise detail, vivid characterisation and a quiet but enduring concern with conscience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Do not demand what is not yours; do not take what belongs to another; do not fight with those who are stronger than you.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Alexander Pushkin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Captain’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Captain’s Daughter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It contains all the essence of what Russian realism was to become.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— D. 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