{"product_id":"eugene-onegin","title":"Eugene Onegin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst published in serial instalments between 1825 and 1832, Alexander Pushkin’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a novel in verse that captures the restlessness, vanity and melancholy of Russian society in the early nineteenth century. Its protagonist, a sophisticated young aristocrat weary of fashionable life, inherits an estate in the countryside, where he befriends the idealistic poet Lensky and encounters the thoughtful, reserved Tatyana Larina. When Tatyana confesses her love for Onegin, he rejects her; a fatal duel and the passage of years will transform the lives of all three. Beneath its elegant wit and social observation lies a poignant meditation on missed opportunities, emotional restraint and the irreversibility of time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten in a supple, conversational verse that moves effortlessly between irony and tenderness, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e helped establish the foundations of modern Russian literature. Pushkin’s celebrated digressions, intimate narrative voice and vivid portraits of provincial and metropolitan life make the poem both a subtle social comedy and a deeply personal work. Its influence reaches far beyond the page, most famously into Tchaikovsky’s operatic adaptation, while its central figures remain enduring portraits of romantic longing and the human cost of indecision.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I loved you; and, it may be, from my soul the love has not quite gone away.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Alexander Pushkin, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The most original of all of Pushkin’s writings.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRussian Views of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndiana \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUniversity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64027016855882,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/eugene-onegin","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}