Queen of Spades
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Not read that one, but Alexander Pushkin is one of my favorite authors. Tolstoy also.4
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With Halloween coming up, I have been looking for something to watch. Looks riveting:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4901756/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpHuepj7e1s 0 -
Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I don't think Angela wants to talk about Pushkin.
I am not sure why you have a penchant for sexually inclined discussions in a place which tries to be PG-13.
I've wondered that. Surely having multiple threads deleted might lead one to believe that there are more appropriate places for sexually charged discussions than a calorie counting and fitness site.4 -
<--- is afraid to google queen of spades.3
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snickerscharlie wrote: »<--- is afraid to google queen of spades.
<--- jumped on the grenade.
Don't google image search at work. Or in front of your family. Or ever.6 -
Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I don't think Angela wants to talk about Pushkin.
Oh. I get it, you mean the Tchaikovsky Queen of Spades Overture, don't you?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g43Ropa1QyY
Wat?I am not sure why you have a penchant for sexually inclined discussions in a place which tries to be PG-13.3 -
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Yes! The Queen of Spades is a short story written by Alexander Pushkin in the mid 1800's! I've read it, and it's excellent! In fact, if I recall correctly, Tchaikovsky made The Queen of Spades into an opera that was enjoyed by many. Here is a free version in portable document format.
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GypsyFire65 wrote: »
https://youtu.be/8XQagSAXYX4 King of Spades... sounds like Green Day.
https://youtu.be/fQ56yzwyYcQ Jack of Spades...Boogie Down
That short story seems interesting.
Queen of Spades, Alexander Pushkin.
Is this a nasty story???
I'll check the link out.
No, it's a wonderful short story written in the 1800's!2 -
^^^ That first one really does sound like Green Day!1
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GypsyFire65 wrote: »
Sorry. I'm procrastinating on a paper that I need to get done. That means my house is spotless, and I'm spending way too much time here :laugh:2 -
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Okay someone give me a hint, wth is this? Obviously not a short story and I'm guessing not a card game so, help me.0
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GreenGoddess22 wrote: »Okay someone give me a hint, wth is this? Obviously not a short story and I'm guessing not a card game so, help me.
Uh...oh....I thought this thread was about the story.....other than that, I have no idea.0 -
Pushkin! Come on guys, Pushkin!1
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I had a cat named Pushkin.2
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Alatariel75 wrote: »I had a cat named Pushkin.
Ohhh, that's adorable!!1 -
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Alatariel75 wrote: »I had a cat named Pushkin.
That is an awesome name for a kitty! A friend of mine in high school named the family kitty "Dickens" after Charles Dickens of course. Not sure the kitty had any literary talent, however.1 -
GypsyFire65 wrote: »"The Queen of Spades" (Russian: Пиковая дама; translit. Pikovaya dama) is a short story with supernatural elements by Alexander Pushkin about human avarice. Pushkin wrote the story in autumn 1833 in Boldino[1] and it was first published in the literary magazine Biblioteka dlya chteniya in March 1834.[2]
The story was the basis of the operas The Queen of Spades (1890) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, La dame de pique (1850) by Fromental Halévy and Pique Dame (1864) by Franz von Suppé[3] (the overture to the Suppé work is all that remains in today's repertoire). It has been filmed various times, the most notable version being a 1949 film by the same name directed by Thorold Dickinson.
I love Russian literature threads. MFP should have an Eastern Literature forum. Maybe call it "Czech-chat" or something.3 -
Now this is am interesting thread. I'm not sure it went the direction the OP expected.1
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Black_LabeI wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Cutaway_Collar wrote: »I don't think Angela wants to talk about Pushkin.
I am not sure why you have a penchant for sexually inclined discussions in a place which tries to be PG-13.
I've wondered that. Surely having multiple threads deleted might lead one to believe that there are more appropriate places for sexually charged discussions than a calorie counting and fitness site.
Or..... you would think that those with sticks up their *kitten* about sexually charged threads would find a more appropriate forum on that same site, instead of hanging out in chitchat or fun n games.
Not certain that it's the intent of MFP to turn ChitChat into a cesspool.
But I could be wrong...5 -
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Actually if they changed the name of the site to "My 19th Century Russian Literature Pal" it would be a lot less boring.2
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GypsyFire65 wrote: »That Tchaikovsky is beautiful.
Guess you didn't mean Ace of Spades either.
https://youtu.be/pWB5JZRGl0U
RIP Lemmy.
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I learn something new here everyday. Note to self: do not wear a queen of spades shirt...2
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Actually if they changed the name of the site to "My 19th Century Russian Literature Pal" it would be a lot less boring.
I'm possibly in favor of this, although I'd be sad to leave off Bulgakov, 20th Century that he was.
We could talk about their diet and fitness regimes too -- Tolstoy favored a plant-based diet.1
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