Alexander Pushkin

The Queen of Spades by Alexander Pushkin is offered here in a clean English digital edition prepared for fluent ebook reading. The work stands within classics and gives modern readers direct access to a public-domain classic with navigable structure and a restrained typographic presentation. The opening pages establish the book's atmosphere with this first movement: THERE was a card party at the rooms of Naroumoff, a lieutenant in the Horse Guards.
A long winter night had passed unnoticed, and it was five o'clock in the morning when supper was served. The winners sat down to table with an excellent appetite; the losers let their plates remain empty before them. This edition is suited to readers who want a reliable, uncluttered version of the text for study, rediscovery, and sustained reading.