Eugene Onegin
The founding work of modern Russian literature.
“But I am given to another, and I will be faithful to him forever.”
Why It Matters
The founding work of modern Russian literature. Every Russian writer of the nineteenth century — Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Chekhov — built on Pushkin's foundation. Tatyana is the first great female character in Russian fiction; Onegin is the prototype of the 'superfluous man' that haunts the rest of the century.
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Take
Personal reviewDespite this being apparently famously hard to translate, I found it easily readable and still seemed poetic with a unique voice I think was pushkins. Lots of great small quips. The plot as a whole isn’t THAT great but verse to verse is great
Notable Quotes
“Habit is given to us from above; / It is the substitute for happiness.”
“We honor everyone with zeros, / And ourselves with ones.”