The Queen of Spades, Alexander Pushkin
The Queen of Spades, Alexander Pushkin
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The Queen of Spades

Author: Alexander Pushkin

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Unabridged: 1 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2014

Categories: Fiction, Classic, Ghost, Gothic


Synopsis

Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself.

In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta. A nocturnal visit to his paramour, however, turns to tragedy as he finds himself in the chamber of the Countess and tries first by persuasion and then by force to get her to reveal the secret of the cards. The denouement of the story is uncanny and captivating.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Olga on May 19, 2024

The Short Story Club This novella is a timeless literary work. It has all the characteristics of Pushkin's style - simplicity and laconic precision of the language, the intensity of the plot, a fascinating story about human passions (where supernatural is, probably only are in the protagonist's head)......more

Goodreads review by Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽ on December 15, 2016

3.5 stars. This classic Russian short story is an odd, mystical tale of greed and avarice, and the choices we make in life. A group of military men is gambling at cards, a few of them commenting on how one of the group, a German named Hermann, never gambles. Another man then tells how his grandmothe......more

Goodreads review by Ruxandra on April 07, 2022

drăguță povestioară despre lăcomie & goana după bani, în care protagonistul se pornește să scoată la iveală *trucul magic al unei bătrâne contese*, care se presupune că i-ar aduce câștiguri enorme la jocurile de cărți. recomand să ascultați cartea audio, narată de Rebengiuc – sunt convinsă că face e......more

Goodreads review by Mohsin on February 06, 2017

Writer and Poet Aleksander Pushkin, Palekh School of Painting. RUSSIAN writers have a way of telling stories that have you gripped on the edge of your chair and your eyes hooked on the written word. You neither leave your chair nor take your eyes of the book till you have read the last word. And then......more