The Queen of Spades [Written by Alexander Pushkin]

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/210610 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Queen of Spades Author: Alexander Pushkin Narrator: Cathy Dobson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 6 minutes Release date: March 15, 2014 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Horror Publisher's Summary: Alexander Pushkin's greatest short story. Hermann, a young German officer serving in the Engineers regiment, is obsessed by gambling, although he never indulges in it himself. One night he hears a tale about how a wealthy 87-year-old Countess in St. Petersburg once learned the secret of how to win on three cards from the Duc d'Orleans. He becomes obsessed with learning the secret himself. In pursuit of this aim, he becomes enamoured of the Countess' companion, the beautiful Lizaveta. A nocturnal visit to his paramour, however, turns to tragedy as he finds himself in the chamber of the Countess and tries first by persuasion and then by force to get her to reveal the secret of the cards. The denouement of the story is uncanny and captivating.