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Poltava by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Alexander Pushkin
The Works of
ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
VOLUME 4 OF 24
Poltava
Parts Edition
By Delphi Classics, 2014
Version 1
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‘Poltava’
Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition (in 24 parts)
First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.
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Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition
This eBook is Part 4 of the Delphi Classics edition of Alexander Pushkin in 24 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Poltava from the bestselling edition of the author’s Collected Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Alexander Pushkin, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.
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ALEXANDER PUSHKIN
IN 24 VOLUMES
Parts Edition Contents
The Poetry
1, Short Poems
2, The Fountain of Bakhchisaray
3, The Gipsies
4, Poltava
5, The Bronze Horseman
6, Ruslan and Lyudmila
The Verse Novel
7, Eugene Onegin
The Short Stories and Unfinished Novels
8, Peter the Great’s Negro
9, Marie
10, The Shot
11, The Snowstorm
12, The Undertaker
13, The Postmaster
14, Mistress Into Maid
15, The Queen of Spades
16, Kirdjali
17, The Captain’s Daughter
18, Egyptian Nights
19, Dubrovsky
The Plays
20, Boris Godunov
21, The Stone Guest
22, Mozart and Salieri
The Criticism
23, The Criticism
The Biography
24, A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin by Henry Spalding
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Poltava
A POEM IN THREE CANTOS.
Translated by Charles Edward Turner
This narrative poem was written in 1828 and concerns Ivan Mazepa’s actions in the Battle of Poltava between Sweden and Russia. The poem intertwines a love plot between Mazepa and the beautiful Maria, with an account of Mazepa’s betrayal of Peter I and the Tsar’s ultimate victory. The poem is celebrated for its depth of characterisation and employs the use of several different genres, inspiring the composer Tchaikovsky to compose the 1884 opera Mazeppa.
Poltava opens with an epigraph from Byron’s 1819 ballad Mazeppa, which depicts the Hetman as a Romantic hero,