Pushkin has loomed larger in my reading experience, because he has been been a huge influence on so many of the Russian writers I love. I have not yet read Eugene Onegin, and I plan to do so. While I loved the writing on a sentence-to-sentence level, and the world-building, I felt structurally many of these stories were almost eye-rolling, O Henry-style. The last story in this book, the unfinished "The Negro of Peter the Great" was the most interesting, with the titular The Captain's Daughter coming in second. The stories in between were mostly just readable but strange, plot-twisty one-offs. Didn't even seem Pushkin was trying that hard. Yes, as I write this, that's what was bothering me: it was the feeling of an insanely talented writer not trying very hard.

This was my first Pushkin, and it was a wonderful first dip. The stories are all written simply, like folk tales told and retold, veering on the line between dramatic and comical. My favorite was by far The Snowstorm , which kept me guessing until the very end.

pushkin's elocuent and distinctive prose are hard to pass by without savouring each description and action in each passage.

A present from kak Ayu Adisty. She mistook me as a Pushkin's fan--when I am actually a Dostoevsky's fan--and gave me this book (along with a Dostoevsky, of course). Read this first because I'm curious about Pushkin. His name rarely mentioned than other classic-Russian writers (like Gogol, Dostoevsky or Tolstoy. OR Tolstoy) but he was mentioned as the Father of Russian literature, the one who shaped Russian literature, so I'm all perked up.

This book contained six stories: The Captain's Daughter, The Queen of Spades, Dubrovsky, Peter The Great's Negro, The Station-Master and The Snowstorm. From all of them I enjoy the last work the most, The Snowstorm, and then Dubrovsky. The Snowstorm because its twist, Dubrovsky because Pushkin bravely give such an unsatisfying ending for Dubrovsky's fate--it's not even good OR bad.

Pushkin's writing is simple and easy to understand, unlike many classics with their seemingly confusing string of words. Reading Pushkin's as easy as reading any popular novel nowadays, and it's really engaging. I don't even feel bored reading his stories despite the simpleness. There're something charming and romantic in his writing. And I fall in love!

Now I'm also Pushkin's fan! Thank you for giving me this book, kak Ayu!

A so-so collection of stories. The stories themselves are not at fault, but the language is somewhat stilted - possibly another translation might yield a more pleasant reading experience, although it might be also the writing style of the original.

The Snowstorm and The Undertaker were the best of the bunch. The Negro of Peter the Great is noted as unfinished -- and is literally unfinished, stopping mid story, without resolution.

One of my favorite books in the Russian literature and of Pushkin. I had a very good time with this book. It was romantic and captivating.