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The only downside to this collection is that it isn’t bilingual – how I would’ve loved to compare the original and the translation. Knowing Russian poetry, I’m almost certain the originals would’ve rhymed, and comparing rhyme and free verse would’ve been wonderful. Nonetheless, even if I hadn’t enco...
bookshelves: classic, slavic Read from September 05, 2010 to May 08, 2013, read count: 3 Canto the FirstI"My uncle's goodness is extreme,If seriously he hath disease;He hath acquired the world's esteemAnd nothing more important sees;A paragon of virtue he!But what a nuisance it will be,Chained t...
Canto the FirstI"My uncle's goodness is extreme,If seriously he hath disease;He hath acquired the world's esteemAnd nothing more important sees;A paragon of virtue he!But what a nuisance it will be,Chained to his bedside night and dayWithout a chance to slip away.Ye need dissimulation baseA dying ma...
I dare you, double-triple-dog dare you¹, to find a Russian person who has never heard of Evgeniy Onegin. ¹ If you do somehow manage to find this living-under-the-rock person, I unfortunately cannot provide you with a monetary reward since I have no money to speak of. Instead, I will treat you to t...
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