Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings

A collection of Pushkin's prose, led by The Tales of Belkin, five short stories supposedly gathered by a modest provincial landowner. They include tales of duels, mistaken identities, romance and a humble stationmaster's troubles, told with wit, irony and great economy. The volume also includes other prose pieces, showing how Pushkin helped lay the foundations of the Russian short story and the realist tradition.