Pushkin biography pdf

This work won the Samuel Johnson nonfiction prize in Britain, and it's easy to see why: it's a fascinating treatment of an equally fascinating subject.

By chronicling Pushkin's literary successes and his personal failures, Binyon draws a compelling portrait of the writer and his milieu.

Pushkin biography pdf

One of Russia's most celebrated authors, Pushkin (1799–1837) lived a life as captivating as his poems and stories. In fact, as British academic Binyon () shows in this landmark work, Pushkin interspersed snippets of his brief life in such work as and .

Displaying a broad knowledge of primary source material, Binyon details Pushkin's life, which has all the suspense of a good novel. A known womanizer in his early adult years (he was especially fond of married women), Pushkin later married and settled down.

But his past came back to bite him when a man tried to seduce his wife. Although Binyon argues convincingly that the suitor was unsuccessful, the