Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

By Alexander Pushkin

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Jul 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781788776653

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The Works of

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

VOLUME 20 OF 24

Boris Godunov

Parts Edition

By Delphi Classics, 2014

Version 1

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‘Boris Godunov’

Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition (in 24 parts)

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Alexander Pushkin: Parts Edition

This eBook is Part 20 of the Delphi Classics edition of Alexander Pushkin in 24 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Boris Godunov from the bestselling edition of the author’s Collected Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Alexander Pushkin, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

IN 24 VOLUMES

Parts Edition Contents

The Poetry

1, Short Poems

2, The Fountain of Bakhchisaray

3, The Gipsies

4, Poltava

5, The Bronze Horseman

6, Ruslan and Lyudmila

The Verse Novel

7, Eugene Onegin

The Short Stories and Unfinished Novels

8, Peter the Great’s Negro

9, Marie

10, The Shot

11, The Snowstorm

12, The Undertaker

13, The Postmaster

14, Mistress Into Maid

15, The Queen of Spades

16, Kirdjali

17, The Captain’s Daughter

18, Egyptian Nights

19, Dubrovsky

The Plays

20, Boris Godunov

21, The Stone Guest

22, Mozart and Salieri

The Criticism

23, The Criticism

The Biography

24, A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin by Henry Spalding

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Boris Godunov

Translated by Alfred Hayes

This play was written in 1825 and originally published in 1831, but it was not approved for performance by the censor until 1866. It concerns the eponymous Russian ruler, who reigned as Tsar from 1598 to 1605. Consisting of 25 scenes and written mostly in blank verse., the play introduces the character Boris Godunov as the most noted member of an ancient, though now extinct, family of Tatar origin, hailing from the Horde to Kostroma in the early 14th century. Godunov was descended from the Tatarian Prince Chet, who went from the Golden Horde to Russia and founded the Ipatiev Monastery in Kostroma. Godunov’s career began whilst in the court of Ivan the Terrible and in 1570 he took part in the Serpeisk campaign as an archer of the guard. The following year, he became an oprichnik — a member of Ivan’s personal guard and secret police.

Boris Fyodorovich Godunov (1551-1605), who was the de facto regent of Russia from c. 1585 to 1598 and then the first non-Rurikid tsar from 1598 to 1605.

CONTENTS

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

PALACE OF THE KREMLIN

THE RED SQUARE

THE VIRGIN’S FIELD

THE PALACE OF THE KREMLIN

NIGHT

FENCE OF THE MONASTERY*

PALACE OF THE PATRIARCH

PALACE OF THE TSAR

TAVERN ON THE LITHUANIAN FRONTIER

MOSCOW. SHUISKY’S HOUSE

PALACE OF THE TSAR

CRACOW. HOUSE OF VISHNEVETSKY

CASTLE OF THE GOVERNOR

A SUITE OF LIGHTED ROOMS.

NIGHT

THE LITHUANIAN FRONTIER

THE COUNCIL OF THE TSAR

A PLAIN NEAR NOVGOROD SEVERSK

OPEN SPACE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL IN MOSCOW

SYEVSK

A FOREST

MOSCOW. PALACE OF THE TSAR

A TENT

PUBLIC SQUARE IN MOSCOW

THE KREMLIN. HOUSE OF BORIS

A scene from the play

Another scene from the play

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

BORIS GODUNOV, afterwards Tsar.

PRINCE SHUISKY, Russian noble.

PRINCE VOROTINSKY, Russian noble.

SHCHELKALOV, Russian Minister of State.

FATHER PIMEN, an old monk and chronicler.

GREGORY OTREPIEV, a young monk, afterwards the Pretender

to the throne of Russia.

THE PATRIARCH, Abbot of the Chudov Monastery.

MISSAIL, wandering friar.

VARLAAM, wandering friar.

ATHANASIUS MIKAILOVICH PUSHKIN, friend of Prince Shuisky.

FEODOR, young son of Boris Godunov.

SEMYON NIKITICH GODUNOV, secret agent of Boris Godunov.

GABRIEL PUSHKIN, nephew of A. M. Pushkin.

PRINCE KURBSKY, disgraced Russian noble.

KHRUSHCHOV, disgraced Russian noble.

KARELA, a Cossack.

PRINCE VISHNEVETSKY.

MNISHEK, Governor of Sambor.

BASMANOV, a Russian officer.

MARZHERET, officer of the Pretender.

ROZEN, officer of the Pretender.

DIMITRY, the Pretender, formerly Gregory Otrepiev.

MOSALSKY, a Boyar.

KSENIA, daughter of Boris Godunov.

NURSE of Ksenia.

MARINA, daughter of Mnishek.

ROUZYA, tire-woman of