![]() ![]() Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky adapted the novel as an opera. The work is rightly praised for its narrative virtuosity and master poetic form. The tone of the book manages to be engaging, thrilling, exciting, hilarious, sad, bittersweet and utterly tragic. His tone is sophisticated and worldly, and he intimately addresses his readers who are treated with many adorable and snarky Shout Outs that expand nicely on its relatively simple plot and characters. The story is told by a narrator who is basically a fictionalized version of Pushkin's public persona. The novel also portrays a wide cast of other characters, usually very archetypically Russian. ![]() He became a literary (stereo)type called a superfluous man, and he has served as a model for many subsequent literary heroes of Russian literature. Pushkin's story is set in 1820s Russia, both in the city and the countryside, and it follows the fates of one Eugene Onegin, a Russian aristocrat and dandy who is bored with life. ![]() The novel has been translated into many languages many times (and new modern translations are being made) and it belongs among the most classic books of Russian literature. First published in serial form between 18, the first complete edition came out in 1833. A none-too-educated man from a Soviet ethnic minority, giving a surprisingly accurate summary to the novel.Įugene Onegin is a novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin, generally regarded as the greatest work of Russian poetry. ![]()
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