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Alexander Pushkin
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) was an Afro-Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. show more
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Пу́шкин) was an Afro-Russian author of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature.
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Birth date: June 06, 1799
Died: 1837-02-10
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Merle
Merle rated it 4 years ago
There’s a little sense of dissonance when I read a classic and my response is “huh, okay.” This is especially true when I read the classic in translation; in this case, the translation is very smooth, contemporary, and easy to read, which causes its own form of dissonance. These now feel like contem...
Romance and other things
Romance and other things rated it 8 years ago
Ivan Petrovich Belkin left behind a great number of manuscripts.... Most of them, as Ivan Petrovich told me, were true stories heard from various people. First published anonymously in 1830, Alexander Pushkin’s Tales of Belkin contains his first prose works. It is comprised of an introductory note ...
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 9 years ago
bookshelves: published-1837, floods, st-petersburg, poetry, classic, e-book, spring-2015 Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Natasha's Dance Read from May 28 to 30, 2015 Alexandre Benois's illustration to the poem (1904).a narrative poem written by Alexander Pushkin in 1833 about the equestrian statue ...
What I am reading
What I am reading rated it 9 years ago
Puškin is for Russians what Shakespeare is for the English. And Eugen Onegin is probably Puškin’s most famous play – and, I guess, it‘s a good book for a review on Valentine‘s Day.Eugen Onegin is one of the love stories I like, because there is no cliché happy ending. You can call me rude or weird o...
philoSophie
philoSophie rated it 9 years ago
This is essentially the first work by Pushkin that I read and it was quite a ride!First and foremost, Pushkin is a symbol, a myth, he is noted as the father of russian literature, and justly. He has multifaceted work that extends from lyrical poems to novels. Specifically, this work, aside from the ...
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