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    Poltava by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Poltava by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Alexander Pushkin’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Pushkin includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781788776578
    Poltava by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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    Alexander Pushkin

    Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799- 1837) ranks as one of Russia's greatest writers. He attained fame in 1820 with his first long poem, Ruslan and Lyudmila. That decade also saw him produce his most famous play, Boris Godunov, and Eugene Onegin. 'The Queen of Spades', his most famous prose work, was published in 1834; 'The Bronze Horseman' appeared after his death.

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      Poltava by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Alexander Pushkin

      The Works of

      ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

      VOLUME 4 OF 24

      Poltava

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2014

      Version 1

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Poltava’

      Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition (in 24 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78877 657 8

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: [email protected]

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 4 of the Delphi Classics edition of Alexander Pushkin in 24 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Poltava from the bestselling edition of the author’s Collected Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Alexander Pushkin, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Alexander Pushkin or the Collected Works of Alexander Pushkin in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

      IN 24 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Poetry

      1, Short Poems

      2, The Fountain of Bakhchisaray

      3, The Gipsies

      4, Poltava

      5, The Bronze Horseman

      6, Ruslan and Lyudmila

      The Verse Novel

      7, Eugene Onegin

      The Short Stories and Unfinished Novels

      8, Peter the Great’s Negro

      9, Marie

      10, The Shot

      11, The Snowstorm

      12, The Undertaker

      13, The Postmaster

      14, Mistress Into Maid

      15, The Queen of Spades

      16, Kirdjali

      17, The Captain’s Daughter

      18, Egyptian Nights

      19, Dubrovsky

      The Plays

      20, Boris Godunov

      21, The Stone Guest

      22, Mozart and Salieri

      The Criticism

      23, The Criticism

      The Biography

      24, A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin by Henry Spalding

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Poltava

      A POEM IN THREE CANTOS.

      Translated by Charles Edward Turner

      This narrative poem was written in 1828 and concerns Ivan Mazepa’s actions in the Battle of Poltava between Sweden and Russia.  The poem intertwines a love plot between Mazepa and the beautiful Maria, with an account of Mazepa’s betrayal of Peter I and the Tsar’s ultimate victory. The poem is celebrated for its depth of characterisation and employs the use of several different genres, inspiring the composer Tchaikovsky to compose the 1884 opera Mazeppa.

      Poltava opens with an epigraph from Byron’s 1819 ballad Mazeppa, which depicts the Hetman as a Romantic hero,

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