Pushkin's Letters: Annotated Authoritative Edition by Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin is celebrated not only as Russia’s greatest poet but also as a brilliant letter writer. His letters, in Russian and French, reveal him as a man, as a writer, and as a figure in his society. Expertly translated by J. Thomas Shaw with notes and introduction, this landmark volume serves as an encyclopedia of Pushkin and his world.

It is universally acknowledged among Russians that Pushkin is as much their finest letter writer as he is their greatest and most beloved poet. The letters provide the best source of direct information about Pushkin as a man, as a littérateur and as a central figure in the Russian society of his day. They are included here substantially in their entirety – not only his letters in Russian, but also those in French, which constitute about a quarter of his whole epistolary.

Brilliantly translated by Professor J. Thomas Shaw and equipped with extensive notes and an introduction covering every aspect of the letters – personal, literary and social – as well as a detailed index, this monumental volume can be used as a kind of encyclopedia of Alexander Pushkin and his time.

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