Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies: Newly translated and Annotated - Also inclued an extract from John Wilsons The City of the Plague.
Publishing Details
Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies: Newly translated and Annotated - Also inclued an extract from John Wilsons The City of the Plague.
By (Author) Alexander Pushkin
Translated by Roger Clarke
Alma Books Ltd
Alma Classics
1st August 2017
25th February 2017
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
891.723
Physical Properties
336
Width 126mm, Height 196mm, Spine 30mm
300g
Description
A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, Boris Godunov charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart. Based on history and inspired by Shakespeare, Alexander Pushkins daring masterwork is presented here in its rarely published uncensored version of 1825.
Set in Vienna, Flanders, Madrid and London, Pushkins celebrated Little Tragedies Mozart and Salieri, The Mean-Spirited Knight, The Stone Guest and A Feast during the Plague each focus on a protagonists driving obsession with status, money, sex or risk-taking and its devastating consequences.
Author Bio
Alexander Pushkin (17991837) was a dramatist and poet, penning such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature.
