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The Queen of Spades
also: Пиковая дама, Pikovaya Dama
Alexander Pushkin's 1834 tale of obsession and cards, and Tchaikovsky's 1890 opera adapted from it; the narrator admits he goes to see it performed without having read (or having forgotten) Pushkin's original story.
Reading notes
- On Official Business §86 The Queen of Spades
Pushkin's tale of obsession and cards, adapted into Tchaikovsky's 1890 opera; the Taunitz daughters sing a duet from it to entertain their unexpected guests.
- In Moscow §12 The Queen of Spades
Pushkin's celebrated 1834 tale (and, from 1890, Tchaikovsky's opera); the narrator admits to attending performances without having read, or having entirely forgotten, the source he is nominally there to see staged.