Though celebrated above all as a poet, Pushkin was also a master of prose fiction, and his tales — including The Queen of Spades, The Captain’s Daughter, and the Belkin Tales — are marvels of economy, irony, and narrative control. Written in the 1830s, they established a model of classical Russian prose clarity that influenced every writer who followed.
Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Chekhov all acknowledged Pushkin’s prose as foundational. This free EPUB download collects his essential fiction in one convenient volume, ready for your device.