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Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback – March 25, 2009

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Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead 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 also portrays a large cast of other 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 conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original.

About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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March 25, 2009
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7.6 x 0.7 x 5 inches
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0199538646
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978-0199538645
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1220L
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Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse tells the intersecting stories of three men and three women in the Russia of the 1820s, showcasing its author's wit and intelligence throughout his engaging and suspenseful narrative. Russian-language purists argue that this classic should be read only in its original tongue, but this sparkling translation by James E. Falen is the next best thing.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (March 25, 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0199538646
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0199538645
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1220L
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.6 x 0.7 x 5 inches

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A fresh, brisk, witty, and at times despairing translation

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Ok . . . the debate is over for me. The James Falen translation is definitely the one to read (note to Kindle readers: it's well worth the $7 to get this vs. a free version.) It is fresh, brisk, fast, and captures both the wit of the salon and ballroom scene and the despair following the duel (I can't imagine that's a spoiler for anyone.) I really can't stress how well it reads, and if you read it aloud to yourself (as I did) the rhythm and spirit of Pushkin's verse is captured more so than in any other translation I have read. The rhymes are clever and musical, but by frequently alternating masculine and feminine rhymes it doesn't grow tired or sing-songy. I loved the Nabokov translation ( Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse, Vol. 1 ) years ago though as more of an academic exercise than the lyrical pleasure provided by Falen's, which clearly draws on the Nabokov and is more accurate for having done so.

The central story hasn't changed in 150 years (I can remember a couple of similar errors sans duels in my youth): girl falls madly for guy who arrogantly rejects her not out because he doesn't have feelings for her, but because he fears her attraction for him; only later when he sees her all grown up he realizes too late his mistake but he is SOL. I was also surprise at, despite the many outdated social conventions, at it's core it remained so eternal and current ("To Moscow and the marriage mart! They've vacancies galore . . . take heart!")

Of course, I still cannot grasp why this is so important to the development of the Russian language or to the Russian soul (whatever that means) and why Russian's hold it so centrally dear, but it is a wonderful work and a great way to spend both a snowy night and a sunny afternoon on a park bench, which the fickleness of the Russian "spring" afforded me the week I read this.

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Taleah Cox

"Thus heaven's gift to us is this: That habit takes the place of bliss."

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The book and specifically this translation was recommended to me by my Russian friend. If you're a fan of Shakespeare, you'll adore Pushkin's rhymes and humor. A beautiful story of love and loss, while always hits of humor from the narrator (who was my favorite character!). I highly recommend this story, if for nothing more than the poetic and deep phrases you find within each paragraph.

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Coming to this, I was already familiar with Pushkin -- both from his short story "Queen of Spades" (and Tchaikovsky's operatic version), and from other allusions to him in later Russian writers. Pushkin has for Russians the same sort of significance that Shakespeare has for English speakers. Everyone, from Gogol and Dostoevsky, to Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn, has riffed on him. And although the "Queen of Spades" hinted at why he holds place of pride in Russian letters, "Onegin" only offers additional proof of his genius.

Without giving away too much, the story itself has a nice, circular design to it. One of Pushkin's chief virtues must be his voice itself -- which, as I am not a Russian speaker, I guess to be a sort of cheeky, and Byronic, one,(nb: Pushkin is obviously familiar with, and indebted to, Byron, particularly in this work). This James Falen translation is particularly meritorious -- it preserves Pushkin's "Onegin octave" verse form, and iambic tetrameter. Falen's translation is gorgeous, musical, and in remarkably clear, grammatically sound English.

Aside from its story, "Onegin" may be thought of as commenting on, and narrating the death of the long poem as a viable literary form, and the rise of the novel. For instance, consider that the death of Lensky coincides with the narrator's own growing dissatisfaction with verse, and preference for prose. Pushkin's own dissatisfaction proved to be prophetic -- after "Onegin", epic verse has practically vanished, as a form. The longest poem (that I am aware of) which is of more recent vintage than "Onegin" is by another Russian, but in English: Nabokov's "Pale Fire."

Ultimately, we witness the passing of an entire world in "Onegin," that of late-eighteenth century (and early nineteenth) Russia -- with its duels, its music, its ballrooms, its manners. It is about to be supplanted by the grittier, dimmer psychological world of Dostoevsky, or the bright, hard-edged realism of Tolstoy.

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I went through a phase in my early 20s where I read most of Dostoevsky that was in translation, and that led me to Gogol and Tolstoy and Turgenev – all the Russian greats that were part of the cultural canon but were not taught to me as an English major. If there is a blind spot in how we arranged the curriculum for English majors about 20 years ago, it was good that the English language canon had been opened, but bad in that it kept out anything that was only available in translation.

Anyway, those greats of prose all mentioned Pushkin as the master poet of the Russian language, but somehow, I hadn’t read his work. Overall, Onegin is one of those comedy of manners that are sort of alien to the reader so you have to go to notes to get references, It’s not bad, but it does ask more of the reader to keep track of the culture and time and then all the characters than a more contemporary work grounded in the current time and place do. It is worth reading, but to me it was more worthwhile as a historical and cultural touchstone than the enjoyment of the thing itself.

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Anon

A top translation (James Falen's) of a classic of world literature

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 22, 2020

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Eugene Onegin, a classic of world literature, comparable in stature to King Lear in the UK, the Divine Comedy in Italy and Don Quixote in Spain, need not be commented on. The real question is, which translation should you buy? The brief answer is either the Falen translation or Anthony Briggs' translation, and preferably both.

The five-star rating of this article refers to James Falen's Oxford World's Classics translation (but Briggs' translation deserves five stars too). In chronological order, it is the 8th major translation of the poem into English. Its chief merit is the unforced fluency of the verse, and this is the most important point to make. Where liberties are taken with the feminine rhymes, the translator's success is mixed. 'Adherents/interference' is acceptable because of the shared long vowel sound; whereas, 'worry/necessary', at least to my ear, is rather strained. This is really my only criticism of Falen's translation, and it is not sufficiently problematic to dock a star.

To turn to the Briggs translation, again the verse runs smoothly. An obvious difference is that Briggs uses feminine half-rhymes more frequently. Often these are inventive and original (e.g. 'probity/nobody' and 'patience/Ancients'). You will not find any 'worry/necessary'-like pairings in the Briggs translation. Also, Briggs has a particularly good introduction.

Without wishing to criticize too harshly the Mitchell translation, my advice is to steer clear of it. This is because the approximate rhyming, whilst good in places (e.g. 'service/impervious') falls down too often (e.g. 'live/love').

I should also avoid the Charles Johnston translation (despite the fact that Vikram Seth thinks highly of it). This is because he makes too frequent recourse to feminine rhymes ending in -tion, which becomes monotonous, and to present participle rhymes, which has the same unfortunate effect.

If, after reading Eugene Onegin in either the Falen or the Briggs translation or both, you wish to read a contemporary Onegin stanza novel, I recommend Vikram Seth's 'The Golden Gate' (published 1986) and Brad Walker's 'Adam and Rosamond' (published 2019). The former is far better known; however, the latter, it seems to me, is more accomplished.

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Excellent English adaptation

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 8, 2020

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If, like me, you're attempting to read the original in Russian, then Nabokov's literal translation is invaluable, but, if you can't read Russian, then this is as close as you'll get to really appreciating the feel and flow of Pushkin's stanzas in Eugene Onegin.

I highly recommend.

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MR D.

English translation of Eugene Onegin

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 23, 2015

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Extremely difficult to translate poetry from one language to another so all translations must lose something. I do not know Russian so can have little idea of the impression Pushkin makes on his readers for whom Russian is their native tongue. This is, however, a must-read for anyone who loves Tchaikovsky's operatic version of this story and wants to get closer to the literary source.

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Alex

A great novel.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 8, 2017

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I'm very glad to get this famous novel in a brilliant translation by James E.Falen. It is a special pleasure for a Russian to read it in English written so pleasant and perfect. So what can I say more, I just want to read it again! Thank you so much!

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 29, 2010

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I loved the poetry of this book. I bought the DVD with Ralph Fiennes playing the part of Onegin and it is the most beautifully produced film I have ever watched. I could relate to the characters in the book after watching it.

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