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The Egyptian Nights
Повесть. Создана в 1835 году.
15 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1837
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About the author
Alexander Pushkin
2,864 books3,505 followersWorks of Russian writer Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin include the verse novel
Eugene Onegin
(1831), the play
Boris Godunov
(1831), and many narrative and lyrical poems and short stories.
See also:
Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
French: Alexandre Pouchkine
Norwegian: Aleksander Pusjkin
Spanish:Aleksandr Pushkin
People consider this author the greatest poet and the founder of modern literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated ever with greatly influential later literature.
Pushkin published his first poem at the age of 15 years in 1814, and the literary establishment widely recognized him before the time of his graduation from the imperial lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. Social reform gradually committed Pushkin, who emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals and in the early 1820s clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. Under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous drama but ably published it not until years later. People published his verse serially from 1825 to 1832.
Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into ever greater debt amidst rumors that his wife started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.
Because of his liberal political views and influence on generations of Russian rebels, Pushkin was portrayed by Bolsheviks as an opponent to bourgeois literature and culture and a predecessor of Soviet literature and poetry. Tsarskoe Selo was renamed after him.
See also:
Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин
French: Alexandre Pouchkine
Norwegian: Aleksander Pusjkin
Spanish:Aleksandr Pushkin
People consider this author the greatest poet and the founder of modern literature. Pushkin pioneered the use of vernacular speech in his poems, creating a style of storytelling—mixing drama, romance, and satire—associated ever with greatly influential later literature.
Pushkin published his first poem at the age of 15 years in 1814, and the literary establishment widely recognized him before the time of his graduation from the imperial lyceum in Tsarskoe Selo. Social reform gradually committed Pushkin, who emerged as a spokesman for literary radicals and in the early 1820s clashed with the government, which sent him into exile in southern Russia. Under the strict surveillance of government censors and unable to travel or publish at will, he wrote his most famous drama but ably published it not until years later. People published his verse serially from 1825 to 1832.
Pushkin and his wife Natalya Goncharova, whom he married in 1831, later became regulars of court society. In 1837, while falling into ever greater debt amidst rumors that his wife started conducting a scandalous affair, Pushkin challenged her alleged lover, Georges d'Anthès, to a duel. Pushkin was mortally wounded and died two days later.
Because of his liberal political views and influence on generations of Russian rebels, Pushkin was portrayed by Bolsheviks as an opponent to bourgeois literature and culture and a predecessor of Soviet literature and poetry. Tsarskoe Selo was renamed after him.
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April 16, 2024
Unfortunately I wasn't as impressed with this one compared to Pushkin's other works...
However, that's most likely the case because the story is far from finished and there was definitely GREAT potential present already, which, unfortunately, wasn't further developed into a masterpiece due to it being a "draft" version.
In this multi-layered semi-fantastic story (only the first 3 chapters retained the original autograph), Pushkin intended to connect and intertwine several themes that seemed to worry him. Namely, I see it as Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin's relationship with society, their mutual influence and certain codependence; the unpredictability of the “Muse visiting the poet” i.e., the mystery of the nature and origin of inspiration; the duality in the personality of any poet, as a certain simultaneous inhabitant of both earth and sky; the confrontation between proud, passionate and self-sufficient natures (represented here in a poetic insert by the legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra) and their vulgar, convention-bound environment.
However, that's most likely the case because the story is far from finished and there was definitely GREAT potential present already, which, unfortunately, wasn't further developed into a masterpiece due to it being a "draft" version.
In this multi-layered semi-fantastic story (only the first 3 chapters retained the original autograph), Pushkin intended to connect and intertwine several themes that seemed to worry him. Namely, I see it as Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin's relationship with society, their mutual influence and certain codependence; the unpredictability of the “Muse visiting the poet” i.e., the mystery of the nature and origin of inspiration; the duality in the personality of any poet, as a certain simultaneous inhabitant of both earth and sky; the confrontation between proud, passionate and self-sufficient natures (represented here in a poetic insert by the legendary Egyptian queen Cleopatra) and their vulgar, convention-bound environment.
January 24, 2022
Nice start. But its unfinished state limits its interest.
August 29, 2020
short and sweet, but I hate-love that it was not complete. Pushkin, you're just like me.
May 20, 2023
2.5⭐
It feels unfinished which is sad because it had a good potential!
It feels unfinished which is sad because it had a good potential!
January 5, 2025
Dopala mi se priča, naročito poimanje pjesnika u ruskom društvu - da li je svaki pjesnik, zapravo, Čarski? Lijepo je dočarana razlika između istočne i zapadne umjetnosti. Istočna predstavljena kao rojalna, zapadna predstavljena kao masovna. Lirski momenti o Kleopatri i njenim ljubavnicima su fantastični.
Međutim, smatram da priča nije završena, da je ostalo prostora za još nekoliko rečenica.
Međutim, smatram da priča nije završena, da je ostalo prostora za još nekoliko rečenica.
June 18, 2025
I wish he had the chance to complete this one:(
April 2, 2018
I was writing for amusement and silently studied the simplicity and elegance of Pushkin's prose in Egyptian Nights. I was given a copy of this short story and Dubrovsky for free and it was recommended that I start with this one. I guess the point was to introduce me to Pushkin's style with a short story. No matter, I ultimately preferred Dubrovsky however I did not necessarily find this boring. That being said I couldn't really relate so well to Charsky or to the improvisatore as I did with Dubrovsky. I am also not the best at analysing the technical nature of poetry even though I have taken a literature course. The poem seemed quite long though although the flow was nice, but it eventually ended up being like background noise in my head- pleasant at least. I would still recommend this book. Yet another unfinished work by Pushkin who sadly died in a duel.
December 29, 2018
I thought it was very well written but left the reader wondering...
April 3, 2024
Expected more, very slow and uneventful but pretty
August 15, 2025
Me encanta lo poético e irónico que es. Para una sentada de café por la mañana es perfecto. ¡Es tan corto y tiene tanto! Sin duda se debe hablar más de Pushkin; solo he leído esto de él y ya estoy segura de que tiene grandes obras.
Este cuento es divertido, reflexivo y un tanto catártico para quien entiende las complejidades y bellezas de la lectoescritura. ¡Recomendado cien por ciento!
Este cuento es divertido, reflexivo y un tanto catártico para quien entiende las complejidades y bellezas de la lectoescritura. ¡Recomendado cien por ciento!
December 6, 2019
"The Italian on this occasion displayed such savage greed, such simple-hearted love for gain, that Charsky found him repulsive and hastened to leave so as not to lose all the feeling of admiration that the brilliant improvisator had aroused in him.
October 21, 2019
Uống nước bị mắc nghẹn....
December 17, 2020
Excellent, what I would do to have been in the imaginary audience of the performance.
October 11, 2017
Es una completa tragedia que este cuento no llegará a su fin. Iba con una prosa perfecta yun ritmo delicioso; más una idea que era imposible no abrazar. Me recordó "El retrato" de Gogol.
Iba para 5 stars.
Iba para 5 stars.
October 13, 2016
Poetic, somewhat inspirational
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