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Eugene Onegin A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics)
Definitely the most poetic and beautiful translation I've read of Eugene Onegin
Definitely the most poetic and beautiful translation I've read of Eugene Onegin, though less "accurate" than the Nabokov translation.
JI
29 April 2014
Every cultured person should read this book.
An amazing work of fiction in verse, described sometimes as a "Russian encyclopedia.
FA
18 April 2014
a poetic translation
Nabokov said that "eugene onegin" could never be translated into english as a poem; he himself did a prose translation.
WV
9 March 2014
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics)
This arrived in good time, in excellent condition.
EC
19 January 2014
A true classic
I read this book after watching a movie on the story.
BJ
23 December 2013
Russian masterpiece
Pushkin is arguably the greatest Russian writer.
UZ
17 September 2013
FALEN'S VERSION IS BEST
I am a native Russian speaker, grew up knowing the \"Pushkin rhymes,\" and Falen's translation is as close in wit as the original.
OW
10 January 2013
Encomium of Falen
A book deserving commendation, A book that should bless every home: This virtuosic verse translation Of Pushkin's classic Russian poem.
NM
28 October 2011
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
In his famous sonnet \"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer\", Keats describes his excitement on discovering the works of Homer, comparing himself to an astronomer discovering a new planet or the explorer who first came across the Pacific Ocean.
Eugene Onegin A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics) Review
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Best Eugene Onegin ever
This is the best translation of this novel ever.
Definitely the most poetic and beautiful translation I've read of Eugene Onegin
Definitely the most poetic and beautiful translation I've read of Eugene Onegin, though less "accurate" than the Nabokov translation.
Every cultured person should read this book.
An amazing work of fiction in verse, described sometimes as a "Russian encyclopedia.
a poetic translation
Nabokov said that "eugene onegin" could never be translated into english as a poem; he himself did a prose translation.
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics)
This arrived in good time, in excellent condition.
A true classic
I read this book after watching a movie on the story.
Russian masterpiece
Pushkin is arguably the greatest Russian writer.
FALEN'S VERSION IS BEST
I am a native Russian speaker, grew up knowing the \"Pushkin rhymes,\" and Falen's translation is as close in wit as the original.
Encomium of Falen
A book deserving commendation,
A book that should bless every home:
This virtuosic verse translation
Of Pushkin's classic Russian poem.
Then felt I like some watcher of the skies
In his famous sonnet \"On First Looking into Chapman's Homer\", Keats describes his excitement on discovering the works of Homer, comparing himself to an astronomer discovering a new planet or the explorer who first came across the Pacific Ocean.