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I want to add a bit more to my post of 08/04/18 about Sybil as the Queen of Spades. I have just recently come upon an excellent supporting document (Nathan Rosen, “The Magic Cards in The Queen of Spades,” SEEJ 19:3 (1975):262)
First, a more complete summary of Pushkin’s Queen of Spades: