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Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse | Alexander Pushkin
The most highly acclaimed of Pushkin's works, this 1831 romance depicts a post-Napoleonic society in which a jaded young aristocrat rejects the love of a country maiden. Adapted by Tchaikovsky for his opera, this classic tale appears in an outstanding translation that reproduces the 14-line stanza format of the original. Evocative lithographs grace the start of each chapter, and extensive supplements include an introduction, notes, and an appendix.
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Vansa
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
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TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 2y
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Readergrrl
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I‘ve received Pushkin‘s novel in verse from @Butterfinger and I‘m eager to begin. I‘m looking forward to the challenge and I think it‘ll be perfect for some nights by the wood stove on these cold January nights! #LMPBC #GroupU

Butterfinger I apologize for getting it to you so late. I was intimidated. 2y
Readergrrl @Butterfinger It does look a little, shall I say, daunting! But that‘s okay! I‘m eager to try it out. Thanks for selecting this one. I like a challenge! 2y
mcipher So glad we‘re all taking this slow. ♥️ I have to start my next book and I‘ve been more than a little behind even though I‘m excited for it 2y
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Butterfinger
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I kept putting this off because I thought it would be hard to understand. I was wrong. I enjoyed every single line. #LMPBC @Readergrrl @mcipher @Hazel2019

Bookworm54 I really enjoyed this when I read it for #FoodAndLit and was pretty surprised that I could follow the story too 🤣 2y
TheBookHippie Pushkin is a favorite of mine I am so glad you enjoyed it!
2y
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Butterfinger
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I'm thinking about one of these. I'm not one who enjoys poetry. I signed up for the challenge. I do enjoy classics. It will not hurt my feelings if you say no. #LMPBC @Readergrrl @Hazel2019 @mcipher

mcipher I‘m scared but up for the challenge myself! 😂 2y
Readergrrl I would love to read Onegin! I‘m not against Don Juan, but I‘ve heard great things about Onegin. 2y
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GoneFishing

But even friendship like our heroes
Exist no more; for we've outgrown
All sentiments and deem men zeroes
Except of course ourselves alone.
We all take on Napoleons features
And millions of our fellow creatures
Are nothing more to us than tools
Since feelings are for freaks and fools
Eugene of course had keen perceptions
And on the whole despised mankind
Yet wasn't like so many blind
And since each rule permits exceptions
He did respect a noble few

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Emilymdxn
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I bought this on a total whim in a train station as my phone was about to die and it‘s one of my best whims ever. I‘d barely heard of Pushkin apart from ‘important Russian guy‘ but this was breathtaking, sometimes literally. Astonishing translation of such a complicated text, for the first time since my degree I had to grab a highlighter and annotate, it was all so fascinating. I feel like I just discovered Austen or Shakespeare for the first time

ElaineR Never really been on my radar but you've sold it to me for sure :-) 4y
quietlycuriouskate I've had this in the original Russian on my Kindle for a couple of years at least. Totally aspirational: my Russian is deplorable. 4y
BarbaraBB Such an inspiring review! I love my Russians but never dared try Pushkin! 4y
emilyhaldi Wow!! Well I‘m sold! (edited) 4y
soul.myths I used to read this while I was studying on the Academy of Dramatic Arts. I feel like I need to remind myself to it again. 4y
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Jamesmelvinmitchell
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Every once in a while I find a book that I just can‘t put down because it completely captures my soul this book did that. So beautifully written it is a book of prose in verse with a lovely story. It is very much a classic, please take the time to find this book and compare to literature from today. Fall in love with a classic.

Libby1 I saw a film version of this at an arts theatre about 18 years ago. I was traveling from the US to Europe, and was so taken with the beauty of the film that I left my passport and bag behind in the cinema! Thankfully, I was able to recover them. 5y
tpixie @Libby1 oh my!! 5y
tpixie Lovely review! Someone else must have liked it- I already have it stacked!! I better get on it! 5y
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Libby1 @tpixie - 😃 5y
Lcsmcat And it‘s an opera also. 5y
Libby1 😃 5y
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saresmoore
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This lovely Heritage Club edition was translated by Babette Deutsch, illustrated with lithographs by Fritz Eichenberg, published in New York in 1943. I couldn‘t resist this one for $15!

Leftcoastzen Oh ,so nice! 6y
Lcsmcat Lovely! 6y
Moray_Reads Oh, lovely. I thought I recognised Eichenberg's woodcuts! I have a translation by Anthony Briggs and one by James E. Fallon but I've never come across this one. It's gorgeous 😍😍😍 6y
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saresmoore @Moray_Reads Ooh, we‘ll have to compare translations sometime! 6y
LeahBergen Ohhh! How lovely! And he‘s the same artist who did the woodcuts in my edition of Crime and Punishment. 😍😍 6y
LauraBeth Wow - that is quite a score! If he was still alive today, I wonder which modern day authors he‘d love to do work for? 🤔 6y
batsy Gorgeous! What a lucky find. 6y
Bookwomble Oooo! Biblioenvy! 💚📙💚 6y
erzascarletbookgasm That‘s a great find! 6y
DivineDiana A beauty! 6y
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Moray_Reads
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@ruskigurl16 This is my other Folio Pushkin. Same illustrators again 😍😍

LeahBergen Wow, that‘s stunning! 😮 6y
aa_guer2021 😍 Beautiful. I have read the original and seen the performance on stage. Breathtaking spectacle. 6y
Moray_Reads @ruskigurl16 I would love to be able to read it (and so many Russian classics) in the original. The opera was staged here in Edinburgh last year but the tickets were so expensive I didn't see it 😫 6y
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Moray_Reads @LeahBergen it's one of my favourites. The Balbussos have illustrated the new Folio edition of Atlas Shrugged but I'm not willing to buy or read it even for the pleasure of their work! 6y
aa_guer2021 @Moray_Reads I am really lucky in that respect. That I practiced and kept up my knowledge of my native language. I saw it in St. Petersburg, Russia with my family on a visit home. 🇷🇺❤️ 6y
Moray_Reads @ruskigurl16 I'm hoping to visit Russia in a couple of years to celebrate my friend's birthday, I've wanted to visit for many years 🤞🤞 6y
Kalalalatja Love this edition 😍😍 6y
KarouBlue I covet!!! 6y
Moray_Reads @MellieAntoinete He's a beauty 😉 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Oh! Cool cover! 6y
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SharonGoforth
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Took advantage of the Labor Day Weekend sale at Half Price Books today! Everything in the store is 20% off through Monday. Ready to get my nerd on! 🤓. #HPBhaul #nosuchthingastoomanybooks

cathysaid I ❤️ Oxford editions. 6y
Emilymdxn I‘m so in love with every single one of these!! Great picks 6y
SharonGoforth @Emilymdxn Thank you!! I‘m pretty excited about them! 6y
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Pippitypip
Yevgeny Onegin | Alexander Pushkin
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St. Petersburg is so different from the city I visited in 1990. Now there are shops and tourists everywhere.

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andrew61
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#LitsyClassics P
The joy of this challenge has been rdng beyond my comfort zone and finding bks that are more than plot. This verse novel was a gr8 to communists + pre revolution russians alike and was a read that tells much about early 19th century tsarist society from duels to dreams of bears. What's more a book that inspired an opera and images of the perfect Russian woman Tatyana
I'll post below a link to a good podcast the supported my read.

Leftcoastzen On my TBR, I think I have the same edition.😀 6y
andrew61 @Leftcoastzen it has a good introduction and pushkins life is as interesting as his book. 6y
Cathythoughts Just listening to the podcast, Thankyou for the link. To read this book sounds like a mighty achievement! 👍🏻. I don‘t think I‘d be brave enough to take it on. Congratulations 💫 6y
andrew61 @Cathythoughts im not entirely sure how closely i read it cathy as it probably is one of those books that people spend years studying but the podcast helped and it was an interesting read. 6y
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BookishTrish
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Relaxing while waiting for the play to start

LA_Mead Neat! What play are you seeing? 6y
BookishTrish @LA_Mead It's a musical production of Eugene Onegin written by Veda Hille. 6y
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Bibliogeekery I love Veda Hille 6y
BookishTrish @Bibliogeekery Me too! There was an Emily Carr album she did in the 90s that owned my heart 6y
Bibliogeekery @BookishTrish I loved that album! 6y
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Booksbymybed
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High time I added Pushkin to my library, it's not the same to read it from the screen

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Moray_Reads
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Not so much a #firstsentence as a first stanza from two different translations of Eugene [Yevgeny] Onegin. I have to say I think adding "Ooh!" as a rhyming device is rather a cheat!
@saresmoore

BarbaraBB They read like completely different books. Shocking! 6y
saresmoore Amazing! Which translation do you prefer? 6y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore I've only read the right-hand one so far but I'd like to do a simultaneous reading to compare them 6y
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saresmoore I think that would hurt my brain. Ha! Although, it was interesting to compare the translation of particular passages when I read Master & Margarita. 6y
Moray_Reads @saresmoore I've read three (or is it four?) different translations of M&M but I think my head would explode if I tried all of them at once! 6y
andrew61 There was an 'in our time' programme about it a few months ago- i may try it as the discussion was interesting. 6y
Moray_Reads @andrew61 it's excellent. Terribly sad and quite batty as all the best Russian literature is! 6y
batsy It's always fascinating and a little scary to compare different translations. Who's the translator on the right? 6y
Moray_Reads @batsy the right is James E Falen and the left is Anthony Briggs 6y
batsy @Moray_Reads Thank you! I would like to read this at some point... 6y
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Eugeniavb
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#bookclub1 night with Mr Pushkin 📚🍷

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Eugeniavb
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Wow, Mr Pushkin has thoroughly impressed me. I came to this book knowing nothing about it and I am amazed at a whole novel written in a specific type of verse. It made me sorry that I don't know Russian, because if it's this good in translation, I can't imagine the original. It's not an easy read but it's gorgeous. Well worth the effort.

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Eugeniavb
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Day 27: Snacks. Ice cream sandwiches and some tea, to go with my Pushkin.
#readathon #30daysofreadathon @DeweysReadathon

emilyhaldi YUM 6y
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Eugeniavb
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"Whom then to credit? Whom to tresure?
On whom alone can we depend?
Who is there who will truly measure
his acts and words to suit our end?
Who'll sow no calumnies around us?
Whose fond attentions will astound us?
Who'll never fault our vices, or whom shall we never find a bore?
Don't let a ghost be your bear-leader,
Don't waste your efforts on the air.
Just let yourself be your whole care,
Your loved one, honourable reader!.."

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Eugeniavb
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"My uncle - high ideals inspire him;
But when past joking he fell sick,
He really forced one to admire him -
And never played a shrewder trick.
Let others learn from this example!"
#firstlines

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DreesReads
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17 seems like such an odd choice, Pushkin or not lol.

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Moray_Reads
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My FS delivery was just in time for
#foliofriday. I'm starting to run short of my message shelving Space but I could resist these half-price beauties.

saresmoore Simply stunning! 7y
rubyslippersreads Gorgeous! I was really tempted to order one of my favorites, 7y
LeahBergen Sigh. 😍 7y
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quirkyreader
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#backintheussr. I know this Pushkin story isn't Soviet Era. But all my other books are packed away.

Cinfhen It's a win for me 🙌🏻❤️🎶 7y
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Moray_Reads
Yevgeny Onegin | Alexander Pushkin
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I had a bad day but at least I came home to #bookmail ❤📚

LeahBergen I've been meaning to read Yevgeny Onegin for years. 7y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen I have read it but not this translation, always risky to choose a new one but I wanted to add this edition too my Pushkin Press collection 😓 7y
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margaux.andrea
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"But whom to love? To trust and treasure?
Who won‘t betray us in the end?
And who‘ll be kind enough to measure
Our words and deeds as we intend?"

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DHill
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#seasonsreadings2016 Day 4 #notinEnglish Live the rhythm of this masterfully written novel in verse.

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GoneFishing

My dreams, my dreams! What has become of their sweetness? What indeed has become of my youth?

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sneirr
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[no time for a picture so here's a terrible cut-out]
In today's lecture on Yevgeni Onegin (Eugene? Really?) I found out everyone has their own opinion on both Yevgeni and Tatiana, especially Yevgeni. Some didn't like him at all, others sympathised. I think both protagonists are flawed and interesting people who I loved to read about. I really enjoyed the discussion on this book and feel like reading it again, making notes in the margins.

sneirr Also (this didn't fit in the review) I'm intruiged by Pushkin's role in Russian literature. This is the first Russian book I've read and now I want to read more, more Pushkin, but more of the authors who came after as well. 7y
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