Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse (Penguin Classics)
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One of the finest of all verse translations into English ... reproduces every facet of the original: the precise meaning, the wit, the lyricism. Not once is there a false note. (Robert Chandler Independent )
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One of the finest of all verse translations into English ... reproduces every facet of the original: the precise meaning, the wit, the lyricism. Not once is there a false note. -- Robert Chandler Independent
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nearly every Russian sees Pushkin as their country's greatest writer. This perception, however, is not shared by many foreigners. The problem, of course, is translation. Pushkin's verse is supremely elegant, witty and musical. Few, if any, great poets are harder to translate.
Charles Johnston's version is not at all bad, and conveys much of Pushkin's wit - though not his lyricism. James Falen's version (Oxford World's Classics) is better still. Stanley Mitchells's long-awaited version (just published by Penguin Classics (2008) is truly outstanding. I enjoyed it every bit as much as the original - something I would never have believed possible. It deserves ten stars!
Charles Johnston's version is not at all bad, and conveys much of Pushkin's wit - though not his lyricism. James Falen's version (Oxford World's Classics) is better still. Stanley Mitchells's long-awaited version (just published by Penguin Classics (2008) is truly outstanding. I enjoyed it every bit as much as the original - something I would never have believed possible. It deserves ten stars!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This translation by Stanley Mitchell is astonishingly good. The rhyme scheme of Pushkin's 14-lines stanzas is extremely complex and very important to convey the fast rhythm of the poem. Mitchell manages to keep this constraint, although rhymes in English, especially feminine ones are scarce. I cannot comment on how the translation is faithful to the original but it is quite clear that the translator commands Russian (whereas many translations are produced by poets that do not know the original language and depend on literal line translations written by others).
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Perhaps the best translation from original masterpice
9 Mar 2010
Format:Paperback
Russian is my native language. Having tried to introduce my English speaking children to Pushkin I browsed through number of available translations of Eugene Onegin. I found Stanley Mitchell's translation from the original is being the most accurate and readable. James E. Falen's version is perhaps the next to this one. Nabokov's translation is one of the weakest, in my opinion. It is very hard to convey the prosody and wit of Pushkin for the non-Russian speaker and this translater does a superb job.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
One of the best.
18 Jun 2010
Format:Paperback
If you're a fan of Russian literature, Pushkin or poetry, this is a good choice. It just doesn't get any better than Pushkin and this is arguably his best book.
Huge kudos to the translator, who has some serious linguistic talent. This not only translates the story accurately, but the English version makes sense.
Huge kudos to the translator, who has some serious linguistic talent. This not only translates the story accurately, but the English version makes sense.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Do not miss it!
19 Feb 2012
Format:Paperback
I was a bit intimidated at the thought of this Russian poem. But don't be! It's very enjoyable and reads beautifully. I couldn't put it down and finished it in one day! If I had not seen the movie it would have been even better with the added suspense. Do not pass this one by. It's well worth reading and owning.
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