The Queen of Spades. Mysterious Tales. Printed book.

The "Mysterious Tales" series is a collection of short prose written between the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. Stories that draw readers into a world where the mundane borders on the supernatural, where the destinies of characters are shaped by terrifying otherworldly forces, and where the boundary between life and death is fragile, have long been popular. Steeped in a dark aesthetic, these dramatic tales of ancestral curses, the mysteries of ancient portraits, deals with the devil, restless souls, ghosts, and more became especially popular during the Romantic era. Yet, interest in them did not wane later on: even in an age of philosophical skepticism, the rise of science, and the triumph of technology, Gothic literature remains in demand, and the mysterious, the inexplicable, and the miraculous continue to both attract and fascinate.
This collection features stories by Russian writers of the first half of the 19th century: A. Pogorelsky, A. S. Pushkin, N. V. Gogol, V. F. Odoevsky, and others.

Pages: 384 (offset). Hardcover

Dimensions: 180x120x20 mm