Eugene Onegin

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799–1837) — a brilliant Russian poet, playwright, and prose writer. He laid the foundations of Russian realism and is regarded as the founder of the modern Russian literary language. He is also known as a literary critic and theorist, a historian, a publicist, an editor, and a publisher.

We present in audio format one of the central works by the classic writer, a book that invariably features in school literature curricula — the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin”. This narrative tells of the life of a bored country gentleman, a metropolitan dandy; of love and jealousy; of friendship and its tragic collapse. But no less important are the many lyrical digressions that reflect all aspects of the social and cultural environment of that time. No wonder this work is called “an encyclopedia of Russian life”. Profound in content, the novel is dazzling in form. Its flawless style, rich language, subtle wit, and the author’s keen powers of observation can’t fail to delight the reader and listener even centuries later.