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The Stone Guest

play by Pushkin
Also known as: “Kamenny gost”
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The Stone Guest, blank verse drama by Aleksandr Pushkin, published posthumously in 1839 as Kamenny gost. The work is one of four acclaimed “little tragedies” completed by Pushkin in the fall of 1830. A highly intelligent poet and chronic seducer who thinks himself superior to almost everyone, Don Juan is alienated from society by his flawed character. He feels no guilt over seducing and abandoning countless women or killing his rivals in duels. Don Juan...

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