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I thought it was impossible to translate
Eugene Onegin by
Alexander Pushkin
into English, but I stumbled upon a perfectly acceptable
translation by James E. Fallen who is using an original and
famous Onegin-stanza. A New
translation conveys the literal sense as well as the poetic
music of the original.
I
suggest
Eugene Onegin Alexander
Pushkin Audiobook
It translated from Russian into English by JAMES E. FALEN and
read by by Stephen Fry.
I also recommend
the version of "Eugene Onegin", both audio and e-copy , to read
and to listen at the same time.
I found it easier. Don't
pay attention on
Russian titles, just open links, read and listen in English:
Chapter 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9VLGWK8Zk&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=1&pp=iAQB
Chapter 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9jQAxEDPu8&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=2&pp=iAQB
Chapter 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQTaVsr4WaQ&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=3&pp=iAQB
Chapter 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpRY5_T2k5Y&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=4&pp=iAQB
Chapter 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HChKPoYhXwM&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=5&pp=iAQB
Chapter 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiHddgHJKUQ&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=6&pp=iAQB
Chapter 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfWNUaVFbbM&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=8&pp=iAQB
Chapter 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBsxitLWAo4&list=PL2VoouK3WyqOJWhza2qjNUhzoPXgj63e_&index=7&pp=iAQB
A
good translation by
Roger
Clarke
(with Russian and English texts). Read
Part 1, 2 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cJme9wNqg&t=342s
While
I am re-reading Eugene Onegin, I am overwhelmed with
emotions, which I will try to share.
Anyone,
interested in the treasures of World Literature,
will find Pushkin and, in particular, “Eugene Onegin” there.
You can read at least a few of the 2,331 reviews, of which 43%
are 5-star:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27822.Eugene_Onegin
They are all different, just like the themes in this novel.
Usually, in North America,
people first get acquainted with Eugene Onegin by listening to
the same name opera performed by famous singers.
On November 1 2024 - Ottawa
event: NAC
Gala
with living legend Renée Fleming and the NAC Orchestra
The audience can hear her
performance of the famous final aria from the opera Eugene
Onegin.
I can listen to the final
duet of Tatiana and Onegin an infinite number of times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVbvbAuBsk4
I
also recommend to watch film-opera, music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
All characters are played by famous actors and sung by famous
singers. I found only with French sub-titles, but with English
commentaries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3_dQjW6Zhw
Please watch, you will enjoy it, and after reading a novel you will
understand everything without translation
With English subtitles I found a very good British version
opera. All
characters are also played by famous actors and sung by famous
singers.
You can watch parts 1 - part 10, one, by one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHctLqsFhdU
You may be interested in films by famous directors inspired
by Pushkin and his poem in verse. One of them
Onegin 1999
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Martha Fiennes' directorial debut and stars her brother Ralph
Fiennes in the role of Yevgeny (Eugene) Onegin, Liv Tyler as
Tatiana and Toby Stephens as Lensky - PLUS Magnus Fiennes wrote
the music and Sophie Fiennes appears in a minor role!
https://youtu.be/WyTDqc8Nj8w
Wikipedia will tell you about his Ancestry
and in short - about his outstanding life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Pushkin
Unfortunately, we are living in terrible times now:
the war between Russians and Ukrainians who had been living
together for many centuries.
Fans of the brilliant Pushkin watch with horror
"Pushkinfall"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demolition_of_monuments_to_Alexander_Pushkin_in_Ukraine
I would like to hope that we will live to see
the time when Pushkin again takes his proper pedestal.
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