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Title: Eugene Onegin

Subtitle: A Novel in Verse

Author: Alexander Pushkin, James E. Falen (translator)

Narrator: Raphael Corkhill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-22-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 41 votes

Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the fates of three men and three women. It was Pushkin's own favourite work, and this new translation conveys the literal sense and the poetic music of the original.

Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s imperial Russia, Pushkin's novel in verse follows the emotions and destiny of three men - Onegin the bored fop, Lensky the minor elegiast, and a stylized Pushkin himself - and the fates and affections of three women - Tatyana the provincial beauty, her sister Olga, and Pushkin's mercurial Muse. Engaging, full of suspense, and varied in tone, it also portrays a large cast of other characters and offers the listener many literary, philosophical, and autobiographical digressions, often in a highly satirical vein. Eugene Onegin was Pushkin's own favourite work, and it shows him attempting to transform himself from a romantic poet into a realistic novelist. This new translation seeks to retain both the literal sense and the poetic music of the original, and capture the poem's spontaneity and wit.

Members Reviews:

Pushkin and Falen are brilliant, not so Corkhill

Most in a position to judge find Falen's translation a miracle of verbal and metrical fidelity, but it deserves a much better performance than this one. If Stephen Fry's amazing reading of Falen's translation ever turns up on Audible, snatch it up without delay. In the meantime, stick with Neville Jason's reading of Mary Robson's version (Evgenii Onegin). Jason may not be quite as good as Fry, and Robson is certainly not as good as Falen, but Jason is so much better than Corkhill that there's no contest.

perfect for audio book

wonderful performance. of brilliant prose. heart wrenching tale of lost love and wasted youth. worth every penny.

Excellent!

I lived this book! I enjoyed the narrator as well. I will be looking for more from this author.

Narration cannot be done better, Bravo

This is a great story and the narration is first class. Pushkin is awesome.

It's a manly love story about a man that makes a bad choice to reject both love and loyalty. There is a movie, but the book is much finer.

Phenomenal

Higly recommended

World's top prose poetry

I wish to hear it in original Russian as well.

Zic