Queen of Spades

Angela937
Angela937 Posts: 514 Member
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Who's heard of them?

(Let's make sure this thread doesn't get closed. I don't wanna be in jail again!)
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  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    Not read that one, but Alexander Pushkin is one of my favorite authors. Tolstoy also.
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    edited October 2016
    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
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    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.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    <--- is afraid to google queen of spades.
  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    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
    I am not sure why you have a penchant for sexually inclined discussions in a place which tries to be PG-13.
    Wat?
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    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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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    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??? :o I'll check the link out.

    No, it's a wonderful short story written in the 1800's!
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    ^^^ That first one really does sound like Green Day!
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  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    GypsyFire65 wrote: »
    nutmegoreo wrote: »
    ^^^ That first one really does sound like Green Day!

    Yes it does. :D

    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:
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  • GreenGoddess22
    GreenGoddess22 Posts: 3,818 Member
    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.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    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.
  • Angela937
    Angela937 Posts: 514 Member
    Pushkin! Come on guys, Pushkin!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Angela937 wrote: »
    Pushkin! Come on guys, Pushkin!

    I have not often hung out in chit-chat, but I love Pushkin and most classic literature, so I decided to venture here. Maybe you can give some clue to those of us who are missing the mark.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,189 Member
    I had a cat named Pushkin.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    Alatariel75 wrote: »
    I had a cat named Pushkin.

    Ohhh, that's adorable!!
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  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    edited October 2016
    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.
  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    edited October 2016
    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.
  • StillBreathingFitness
    StillBreathingFitness Posts: 1,916 Member
    Now this is am interesting thread. I'm not sure it went the direction the OP expected.
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  • Sloth2016
    Sloth2016 Posts: 838 Member
    Actually if they changed the name of the site to "My 19th Century Russian Literature Pal" it would be a lot less boring.
  • 2011rocket3touring
    2011rocket3touring Posts: 1,346 Member
    GypsyFire65 wrote: »
    That Tchaikovsky is beautiful. :)
    Guess you didn't mean Ace of Spades either.
    https://youtu.be/pWB5JZRGl0U

    RIP Lemmy. :s
  • RunHardBeStrong
    RunHardBeStrong Posts: 33,069 Member
    I learn something new here everyday. Note to self: do not wear a queen of spades shirt...
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Sloth2016 wrote: »
    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.

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