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A Novel in Verse
Alexander Pushkin
Stanley Mitchell
ISBN: 9780140448108
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
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Tired of the glitter and glamour of St Petersburg society, aristocratic dandy Eugene Onegin retreats to the country estate he has recently inherited. With the arrival of the idealistic young poet Vladimir Lensky he begins an unlikely friendship, as the poet welcomes this urbane addition to his small social circle …
"Eugene Onegin" is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountain head of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it contains a large cast of characters and offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. "Eugene Onegin" was Pushkin's own favorite work, and this new translation by Stanley Mutchell conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original.
| ISBN | 0140448101 | | Pages | 304 | | ISBN13 | 9780140448108
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 225 | | Imprint | Penguin Classics | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Penguin Classics | | Publication date | 04 Sep 2008 | | Previous ISBN | 9780140448030 | | Translator | Stanley Mitchell | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Writer of introduction | Mitchell, Stanley | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | PG3347 | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 891.733 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Interest age | 17 |
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| | | Acknowledgements | | | | | | Chronology | | | | | | Introduction | | | | | | Further Reading | | | | | | A Note on the Translation | | | | | | Map | | | | | | Eugene Onegin | | 1 | | | | Notes | | 215 |
One of the finest of all verse translations into English ... reproduces every facet of the original: the precise meaning, the wit, the lyricism. Not once is there a false note. -- Robert Chandler Independent  Be the first to write a customer review
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