Tomsky

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Tomsky is a character in Alexander Pushkin’s novella "The Queen of Spades," known for recounting the mysterious tale of a secret winning card formula that drives the plot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf character in short fiction
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Queen of Spades NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBy Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme fate
gambling
greed
supernatural
countryOfOriginOfWork Russian Empire NERFINISHED
createdBy Alexander Pushkin NERFINISHED
familyRelation grandson of the Countess
firstPublicationOfWork 1834
languageOfWork Russian
mediumOfWork prose
narrativeFunction exposition provider
storyteller
occupation officer
plotContribution initiates Hermann’s obsession with the card secret
provides background about the Countess’s past
relatedToCharacter Countess Anna Fedotovna NERFINISHED
Hermann NERFINISHED
Lizaveta Ivanovna NERFINISHED
roleInWork supporting character
settingOfActivity St. Petersburg NERFINISHED
socialStatus nobleman
tellsStoryAbout secret winning card formula
three winning cards
tellsStoryTo Hermann NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfFiction early 19th century
workGenre novella

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opera "The Queen of Spades" principalCharacter Tomsky
subject surface form: The Queen of Spades