Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's verse novel follows the fates of three men and three women. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it contains a large cast of characters and offers the reader many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation by Stanley Mitchell conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original.
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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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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born in Moscow in 1799. After traveling through the Caucasus and the Crimea, he was sent to Bessarabia, where he wrote The Captive of the Caucasus and The Fountain at Bakhchisaray, and began Eugene Onegin. His work took an increasingly serious turn during the last year of his southern exile, in Odessa. In 1824 he was transferred in north-west Russia, where he wrote his historical drama Boris Godunov, continued Eugene Onegin and finished The Gipsies. He was mortally wounded and died in January 1837.
Stanley Mitchell was born in 1932 in London. He read Modern Languages (French, German and Russian) at Oxford. He taught at various universities - Birmingham, Essex, Sussex, San Diego California, McGill, Montreal, Dar es Salaam Tanzania, Derby, University College London and Camberwell School of Art. Subjects included Russian literature and art, comparative literature, art history and cultural studies. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Derby and Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Art History at University College, London. He has translated Georg Lukacs and Walter Benjamin, written a variety of articles and reviews, and given numerous lectures and talks.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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One of the best translations into English of any long poem from any language
23 Dec 2011
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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!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By S. Altmann
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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).
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Eugene Onegin, is possibly the greatest work of an author, Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837), who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. As someone unable to appreciate this work in the original, I am reliant on the work and dedication of a translator in order to experience this text. Having been informed by those able to read the work in the original that this was a truly outstanding translation this was the translation I chose. I was not disappointed. The work reads beautifully. To translate anything is difficult but to translate a great work of poetry in one language into a great work of poetry in another must surely be the most difficult task of all. To my mind however, Stanley Mitchell (emeritus professor of aesthetics at the University of Derby) has achieved this.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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By HL
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This Onegin is full of verve, wit and poetry; a marvellous translation. On reading one understands why this work took many years. The work has been done for you.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Truly, a novel in verse. I can not judge Pushkin's verse, or the translation, but the story with the description of characters in the different environments and situations is very good. A lot of the additional information on Pushkin's importance on the development of russian literature, and complementary notes, were also very valuable
By Dave Harmer
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A really faithful translation which added to my enjoyment of ths work. Worth spending the extra money to get this version which I have found to be the best.
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By Unhappy
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The translation is an excellent one, the best I have read and very enjoyable.
However my view of Penguin Classics is not so good! I would have given 5* but for the price. I give zero stars to the publisher's pricing policy. To charge more than the paper version is reprehensible and shows a complete lack of respect for their customers. My view is that the author's 'take' should be identical, whatever form the book takes, whilst the publisher's 'take' should reflect the true cost of manufacture and supply. I think they are using the 'Apple' model - shame on you Penguin...
However my view of Penguin Classics is not so good! I would have given 5* but for the price. I give zero stars to the publisher's pricing policy. To charge more than the paper version is reprehensible and shows a complete lack of respect for their customers. My view is that the author's 'take' should be identical, whatever form the book takes, whilst the publisher's 'take' should reflect the true cost of manufacture and supply. I think they are using the 'Apple' model - shame on you Penguin...
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