{"product_id":"eugene-onegin-by-alexander-pushkin-stanley-mitchell","title":"Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin,Stanley Mitchell","description":"\u003cp\u003eStill the benchmark of Russian literature 175 years after its first publication--now in a marvelous new translation  Pushkin's incomparable poem has at its center a young Russian dandy much like Pushkin in his attitudes and habits. Eugene Onegin, bored with the triviality of everyday life, takes a trip to the countryside, where he encounters the young and passionate Tatyana. She falls in love with him but is cruelly rejected. Years later, Eugene Onegin sees the error of his ways, but fate is not on his side. A tragic story about love, innocence, and friendship, this beautifully written tale is a treasure for any fan of Russian literature.  For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.  Editorial Reviews  Pushkin's so-called verse novel gets a new translation that puts emphasis on the lyric beauty of its eight chapters of sonnets. More for scholars. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.  - Library Journal  Hofstadter, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of del, Escher, Bach\/\u0026gt;, provides an extensive preface to his translation of the classic Russian novel in verse. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)  - Booknews  The alarmingly learned mathematician and author of such interdisciplinary marvels as his seminal Gdel, Escher, Bach moves into new territory with a lively English version of Pushkin's 1831 verse novel: the mock-heroic tale of how its bored Byronic hero (the eponymous Eugene) enchants, then callously rejects the loving Tatyana, and lives to suffer for his caddish behavior. Hofstadter employs the demanding original rhyme scheme (ABABCCDDEFFEGG: a hybrid of the sonnet and the couplet), devising dozens of ingenious rhymes-and recounts his delighted immersion in Pushkin and the Russian language, in a beguiling Preface that's almost as much fun as the immortal Eugene Onegin itself. A masterly performance, and a thoroughly charming book. .  - Kirkus Reviews  Pushkin's novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, is the book that has most influenced my life. - Vikram Seth - From the Publisher\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43487081300042,"sku":"6493bj","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6493bj_f052724c-0fdf-4f90-b514-431ecf6eb47e.jpg?v=1775649646","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/eugene-onegin-by-alexander-pushkin-stanley-mitchell","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}