Eugene Onegin

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Eugene Onegin is a classic verse novel by Alexander Pushkin that portrays the life and disillusionment of a jaded Russian aristocrat and is considered a cornerstone of Russian literature.

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Eugene Onegin canonical 9
Onegin 5
Eugene Onegin (novel in verse) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian literary work
novel in verse
verse novel
adaptedAs opera "Eugene Onegin"
surface form: opera Eugene Onegin
author Alexander Pushkin
considered cornerstone of Russian literature
countryOfOrigin Russian Empire
firstCompletePublicationYear 1833
genre novel in verse
realist literature
romantic literature
hasCharacter Eugene Onegin self-link
Olga Larina
Prince N. (Tatiana’s husband)
Tatiana Larina
Vladimir Lensky
Zaretsky
influenced Fyodor Dostoevsky
Leo Tolstoy
Russian novel tradition
Vladimir Nabokov
literaryForm narrative poem
poetry
literaryMovement Romanticism
early Realism
literaryStatus classic of world literature
mainCharacter Eugene Onegin self-link
Olga Larina
Tatiana Larina
Vladimir Lensky
meter iambic tetrameter
narrativePerspective first-person narrator
narrator unnamed poet resembling Pushkin
notableFeature extensive authorial digressions
metafictional commentary
numberOfLinesPerStanza 14
operaAdaptationComposer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
operaAdaptationPremiereYear 1879
originalLanguage Russian
publicationEndYear 1832
publicationStartYear 1825
rhymeScheme Eugene Onegin self-linksurface differs
surface form: Onegin stanza
setting Russian countryside
St. Petersburg
surface form: Saint Petersburg
stanzaForm Pushkin sonnet
structure eight chapters
theme Russian aristocracy
boredom and ennui
clash between city and country life
disillusionment
fate and free will
honor and dueling culture
unrequited love
timePeriod early 19th century

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Alexander Pushkin notableWork Eugene Onegin
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky notableWork Eugene Onegin
The Royal Ballet repertoireIncludes Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Onegin
opera "Eugene Onegin" basedOn Eugene Onegin
subject surface form: Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Eugene Onegin (novel in verse)
opera "Eugene Onegin" centralCharacter Eugene Onegin
subject surface form: Eugene Onegin
opera "Eugene Onegin" alternateLanguageTitle Eugene Onegin
subject surface form: Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Евгений Онегин
Anna Netrebko notableWork Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin mainCharacter Eugene Onegin self-link
Eugene Onegin rhymeScheme Eugene Onegin self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Onegin stanza
Eugene Onegin hasCharacter Eugene Onegin self-link
Natalia Goncharova spouseWork Eugene Onegin
Russian literature hasNotableWork Eugene Onegin
Martha Fiennes notableWork Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Onegin
Martha Fiennes directed Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Onegin
Ballet Theatre performs Eugene Onegin
subject surface form: American Ballet Theatre
this entity surface form: Onegin
Marianela Núñez notableWork Eugene Onegin
this entity surface form: Onegin