by Alexandre Pouchkine · Flammarion · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782081621763
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«La dame de pique» is the short novel by Alexandre Pouchkine, published by Flammarion in paperback (71 pages, in French).
In St. Petersburg of tsarist Russia, the officer Hermann, who never plays cards, becomes obsessed with the supposed secret of an elderly countess to always win. The narrative combines realism and fantastic elements to show greed, obsession, and the risks of defying chance.
1992 edition with introduction and translation from Russian, in the Castor Poche collection. The work was originally published in 1834 and was adapted into an opera by Tchaikovsky.
Aimed at young readers aged 6 to 9 and at those approaching a classic of Russian literature.
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. He is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet, as well as the founder of modern Russian literature.
