Eugene Onegin: New Translation (Alma Classics Evergreens): Alexander Pushkin: Newly Translated and Annotated - Dual-Language Edition (Alma Classics Evergreens) - Softcover

Alexander Pushkin; Translated By Roger Clarke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 184749417X ISBN 13: 9781847494177

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2015

Synopsis

When the world-weary dandy Eugene Onegin moves from St Petersburg to take up residence in the country estate he has inherited, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his neighbour, the poet Vladimir Lensky. Coldly rejecting the amorous advances of Tatyana and cynically courting her sister Olga - Lensky's fiancee - Onegin finds himself dragged into a tragedy of his own making. Eugene Onegin - presented here in a sparkling translation by Roger Clarke, along with extensive notes and commentary - was the founding text of modern Russian literature, marking a clean break from the high-flown classical style of its predecessors and introducing the quintessentially Russian hero and heroine, which would remain the archetypes for novelists throughout the nineteenth century.

ABOUT THE SERIES: Alma Evergreens is a series of popular classics. All the titles in the series are provided with an extensive critical apparatus, extra reading material including a section of photographs and notes. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition (or collated from the most authoritative editions or manuscripts) and edited using a fresh, intelligent editorial approach. With an emphasis on the production, editorial and typographical values of a book, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading the classics.

About this title

Review:

Pushkin's novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, is the book that has most influenced my life. --Vikram Seth

About the Author:

Alexander Pushkin (1799--1837) was a novelist, dramatist and poet, who penned such influential works as Eugene Onegin and Boris Godunov. He is now considered the father of modern Russian literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 184749417X
• ISBN 13: 9781847494177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 424