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The Stone Guest
"The Stone Guest" is a poetic drama, based on the Spanish legend about Don Juan. Don Juan, a heartless and immoral man of noble birth, had killed the commander of Seville in a duel. A stone statue was erected on the tomb of the commander. Once, being near the tomb, Don Juan met Donna Anna, the widow of the commander, and seduced her. The statue moved its head in anger. Trying to show off, Don Juan invited the statue to a banquet. The invitation was accepted, the stone commander came, and Don Juan was crushed. "The Stone Guest" was written by Aleksandr Pushkin in 1830 as part of his four short stories known as "The Little Tragedies".
Sources: 1. http://www.abcgallery.com/liter/pushkin.html 2. http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=1-1853992690-0
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