Queen of Spades

The Queen of Spades Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin - Pushkin''s story tells of the Russianized German card player, Hermann--an engineer in the army in Russia--who becomes obsessed with the secret of three consecutive winning cards after hearing a story about an old countess'' winnings years prior. His obsession drives him to manipulate the countess'' ward, Lizaveta Ivanovna, into letting him into t...