Dubrovsky (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

'...this slim and attractive volume offers English-speaking readers a chance to encounter a compelling text, which previously had been available only in the context of collected works or as an apparent "throw-in" within smaller volumes of translations of Pushkin's better-known prose works, such as 'The Belkin Tales' or 'Queen of Spades'.' --Slavic and Eastern European Journal

'Robert Chandler has managed to create a language of translation for Pushkin's prose and verse in English which represents one more significant contribution to the current 'golden age of Pushkin translation'.' --In Other Words

One of Pushkin’s most thrilling prose works, Dubrovsky follows the adventures of an aristocrat-turned-brigand and his audacious scheme for revenge. It is published here with the short storyEgyptian Nights. Dubrovsky is the son of a landowner whose property has been confiscated by a corrupt and malicious general. After his father dies, and his faithful servants burn his ancestral home to the ground, Dubrovsky turns to crime. But to achieve his ultimate aim of avenging his father, he must resort to subtler means than banditry. Masquerading as a French tutor, he enters the General’s house and sets about beguiling his daughter. Asking hard questions of our faith in social institutions, in particular the law, Dubrovsky displays the considerable storytelling skill of Russia’s greatest poet. Alexander Pushkin wrote lyric and narrative poems, but his masterwork is the verse novelEugene Onegin.