(P/B) EUGENE ONEGIN AND OTHER STORIES

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Alexander Pushkin (1799 - 1837) is, for Russians, their greatest writer; Eugene Onegin is his greatest work. Yet it remains little known outside Russia. Attempts to render Pushkin's Russian stanzas into verse have tried in vain to imitate the most inimitable feature of the original, while masking many of its other glories. This prose version, for the first time, gives us a Eugene Onegin that is easy and enjoyable to read. Where previous versions lost the novel in the verse, Roger Clarke has discarded the verse to bring us the novel. And more than the novel: what shines through here are not only Pushkin's touching story and subtle characterisation, but his incisive pictures of contemporary Russian life and landscapes, his social and literary comment, his humour, and indeed the essential poetry of the work. The addition of four captivating verse-tales from Pushkin's early maturity makes this book a must for anybody interested in Russian or European literature. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
Note on Russian and Polish names
Note on Numbers and Symbols in the Text
EUGENE ONEGIN
ONEGIN'S JOURNEY (fragments)
A PRISONER IN THE CAUCASUS
Travels in the Caucasus and the Crimea
Pushkin's travels in the Caucasus and the Crimea, 1820
Pushkin's travels in the Crimea 1824-5
The Palace of Bahchisaray in 1820
Gurzuf and Bahchisaray today
THE FOUNTAIN OF BAHCHISARAY
GYPSIES
POLTAVA
Commentary
Notes on Eugene Onegin
Notes on Onegin's journey
Notes on A prisoner in the Caucasus
Notes on Travels in the Caucasus and the Crimea
Notes on The fountain of Bahchisaray
Notes on Gypsies
Notes on Poltava
Pushkin: A selective biographical note
A historical note on Russia's southern frontier
Maps
For further reading: a selective bibliography