by Alexandre Pouchkine · Nathan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782091884257
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«La dame de pique» is the fantastic short story by Alexandre Pouchkine, published by Nathan in paperback (124 pages, in French).
In nineteenth-century Saint Petersburg, Hermann, an officer without fortune, discovers that the elderly countess Anna Fedotovna keeps the secret of three winning cards. His obsession to wrest it from her, whether by seducing the young Lisabeta or confronting the supernatural, drags him towards a disturbing denouement where reality and ghost intertwine. This school edition includes a portrait of Pouchkine and supporting material for analysing the work.
Carrés Classiques collection by Nathan, aimed at the French educational curriculum. Complete text of the short story, translated into French by Prosper Mérimée, as stated in the edition.
Recommended for secondary school students approaching classic French literature and the fantastic genre with pedagogical apparatus.
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.
