«The Queen of Spades» in Russian with a Parallel Translation

Book The Queen of Spades (Пиковая дама) in Russian
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Original title: 
Пиковая дама
Language: 
Russian
Difficulty: 
C1
Year: 
1834
Number of pages: 
24

"The Queen of Spades" is a story by Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin, published in 1834. The main character, engineer Hermann, lives modestly and makes do with what he has. One day his friend tells a story about his grandmother, who knows the secret of cards that can help to win large sums of money. Hermann is doing everything to find out this expensive secret.