Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), Russia's greatest poet and a versatile
writer whose great gifts and profoundly Russian sensibility influenced
all of modern Russian literature, produced short stories that are
masterpieces of the craft.
Besides the brilliant title story, a cunningly wrought narrative of
romance and murder in the haute bourgeoisie of St. Petersburg, this
volume includes all five stories originally collected as The Tales of
the Late P. Belkin. These include An Amateur Peasant Girl, The Shot,
The Snowstorm, The Postmaster, and The Coffin-Maker.