Evgenii Onegin

A New Translation by Mary Hobson

By: Alexander Pushkin, Mary Hobson - translator

Narrated by: Neville Jason

Evgenii Onegin is best known in the West through Tchaikovsky’s opera Eugene Onegin. But the original narrative poem (consisting of 389 stanzas, the form of which has become known as the "Pushkin sonnet") is one of the landmarks of Russian literature.

In the poem, the eponymous hero repudiates love, only to later experience the pain of rejection himself. Pushkin’s unique style proves timeless in its exploration of love, life, passion, jealousy, and the consequences of social convention.

This is the first time the work has appeared in audiobook form and is part of Naxos AudioBooks' intention to make the major European literary works available on audio.

Download the accompanying reference guide.Public Domain (P)2012 Naxos AudioBooks

Definitely worth a listen!

One of the best classics with an amazing narrator and female heroine! Definitely worth the listen if you're a fan of Russian literature!

Wonderful! Just wonderful!

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If you haven't gotten around to reading Eugene Onegin yet, get this Naxos audio version. The translation by Mary Hobson is very pleasing, and Neville Jacobson's narration is superb. I have read Pushkin's novel in verse in several very good translations, and none is better than this. To finally be able to hear the lines is amazingly satisfying. What's it about, you ask? Oh, Russia, family, society, unrequited love, that sort of thing. You just have to read it to begin to know. And here's a plus--the download is only 4 1/2 hours long, so you can read it 10 times or more in the time it takes to read the average Russian classic. I know I will. If you already know the novel, this version will not disappoint you. If you don't know it yet--well, I already told you what to do.

Classic.

Lovely verse novella, wonderful translation, brilliantly read. The characters are beautifully drawn, and an interesting mix of wild to modern eyes and sympathetic. You do need to be able to concentrate a bit to follow as an audiobook, but if that is possible it is well worth it.

Poem/ Novel

Excellent translation of Pushkin's seminal work. Neville Jason is a pleasure to listen to, as always. Now I want to read Nabokov's translation of Onegin, for comparison.

a book I always wanted to read

but never had the time to ... it is a stirring story that has helped me understand Russian literary history better