Title | : | The Queen of Spades |
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Author | : | Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin |
Release | : | 2015-06-29 |
Kind | : | ebook |
Genre | : | Short Stories, Books, Fiction & Literature |
Size | : | 389179 |
Pushkin's story tells of the Russianized German card player, Hermann--an engineer in the army in Russia--who becomes obsessed with the secret of three consecutive winning cards after hearing a story about an old countess' winnings years prior. His obsession drives him to manipulate the countess' ward, Lizaveta Ivanovna, into letting him into their home. |