EUGENE ONEGIN, A VERSE NOVEL BY A. PUSHKIN (BOOK REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATION)
Hello, dear readers! In this post, I shall review Eugene Onegin , a verse novel by Alexander Pushkin . I decided to reread this surprisingly short novel, so that's what I did. In fact, I finished it yesterday. If you want to read a Russian classic that isn't desperately long, this is a solid choice. I first read it years ago, probably during my student days. Speaking of student days, this is the novel that your Slavic literature professors will pull out of their hat when you define a novel as a work of prose. What about the famous verse novel Eugene Onegin , they will ask you with a triumphant smile on their lips (and that'll teach you the value of precision). “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?” Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin My strict Slavic professors taught me many important things and I'm grateful for that. For example, the value of speaking fluently an...