Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Translator's Note ix
5. Introduction 1
6. PART ONE Prose Fiction
7. The Blackamoor of Peter the Great 9
8. The Guests Were Arriving at the Dacha 41
9. In the Corner of a Small Square 47
10. A Novel in Letters 50
11. The Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin 62
12. A History of the Village of Goriukhino 120
13. Roslavlev 135
14. Dubrovskii 145
15. The Queen of Spades 211
16. Kirdzhali 234
17. A Tale of Roman Life 240
18. A Tale of Roman Life 243
19. Egyptian Nights 249
20. Maria Schoning 261
21. The Captain's Daughter 266
22. PART TWO A History of Pugachev
23. A History of Pugachev 359
24. Chapters One-Eight 363
25. Appendixes
26. APPENDIX A Omitted Chapter from 'The Captain's Daughter' 439
27. APPENDIX B Minor Fictional Fragments 451
28. APPENDIX C Outlines of Projected Works 467
29. APPENDIX D The Lonely Cottage on Vasilev Island 470
30. Notes 495