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Eugene Onegin

also: Евгений Онегин, Yevgeny Onegin

Alexander Pushkin's verse novel (1825-1832); the winter-road stanza of Chapter Five, a fixture of Russian schoolroom memorization, is quoted piecemeal here as the boy Vanya recites his lesson.

Reading notes

The Duel §261 Pushkin's Ukrainian Night
A celebrated nature-description from Pushkin's poem 'Poltava,' cited by von Koren as proof that great writers can do justice to natural beauty.
The Wood Demon §1091 Eugene Onegin
Alexander Pushkin's verse novel (1825-1832); the aria heard here is from Tchaikovsky's 1879 opera adaptation, sung by the young poet Lensky just before he is killed in a duel by the title character.
Not in the Mood §10 'Winter!... The peasant, exulting...'
Vanya is reciting, by rote and out of order, the opening lines of the winter-road stanza from Chapter Five of Pushkin's verse novel Eugene Onegin -- a beloved passage every Russian schoolchild was made to memorize.
On Official Business §72 Churning up the powdery furrows
The opening line of the winter-road stanza of Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, Chapter Five, a fixture of Russian schoolroom memorization; it comes to Lyzhin's mind unbidden as the sleigh churns through the snow.
After the Theatre §1 Eugene Onegin
Pushkin's 1825-1832 verse novel; here specifically the opera Tchaikovsky adapted from it (1879), which Nadya and her mother have just seen performed. The performance is the story's entire inciting event.