Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] - A Romance of Russian Life in Verse

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Eugene Oneguine [Onegin], by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Translated by HenrySpaldingThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.orgTitle: Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in VerseAuthor: Aleksandr Sergeevich PushkinRelease Date: December 27, 2007 [eBook #23997]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EUGENE ONEGUINE [ONEGIN]***E-text prepared by Stephen Leary EUGENE ONEGUINE [Onegin]:A Romance of Russian Life in VersebyALEXANDER PUSHKINTranslated from the Russian by Lieut.-Col. [Henry] SpaldingLondon Macmillan and Co. 1881PREFACEEugene Oneguine, the chief poetical work of Russia's greatest poet, having been translated into all the principallanguages of Europe except our own, I hope that this version may prove an acceptable contribution to literature. Tastesare various in matters of poetry, but the present work possesses a more solid claim to attention in the series of faithfulpictures it offers of Russian life and manners. If these be compared with Mr. Wallace's book on Russia, it will be seenthat social life in that empire still preserves many of the characteristics which distinguished it half a century ago—theperiod of ...