Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women.
A novel in verse follows the lives of three women and three men in 1820s Russia.
Based on the verse novel by Aleksandr Pushkin, the composer's operatic masterpiece relates a tale of thwarted romance.
Eugene Onegin – presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary – was the founding text of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the high-flown classical style of its ...
“EO” Revisited The entire translation published in 1964, i.e., the basic text and all the variants and quotations in the Commentary (as well as a few notes therein, e.g., Two : XLI, Four : VII, Four : XLI, XLII, Five : II, Seven : XLVI, ...
Before Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) wrote Eugene Onegin, his nation’s literature was a parochial one; after he wrote it, due in no small part to its power and influence, the Russian tradition became one of the central traditions of ...
Before she left she asked for permission to revisit the deserted mansion and read a few of the books there on her own . She took leave of the housekeeper outside the 21 gates . A day later , first thing in the morning , she appeared ...
Vladimir Nabokov's famous and brilliant commentary on Pushkin's Eugene Onegin When Vladimir Nabokov first published his controversial translation of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin in 1964, the great majority of the edition was taken up by ...
Pushkin's "novel in verse" has influenced Russian prose as well as poetry since its completion nearly 175 years ago. By turns brilliant, entertaining, romantic, and serious, it traces the development...
Eugene Onegin