Reading Pushkin's "Eugene Onegin" // Favorite Book of 2021 (so far) // CarolinaMaryaReads 2021 

One thing that's tricky to get your head around when reading translated works of verse, that contain rhymes etc, is the fact that the translator has to translate but then has to compromise the translation in order to make it rhyme. So it feels to me like there's another layer of being removed from the original. I find that a tricky thing.

I will forever forever forever grateful to you for inspiring me to read classics. I'm midway through A tale of two cities and I'm loving it, it's beautiful and I owe it to you and Emma. Without you guys it'll still be sitting on my shelf unreaf. I hope I get to finish Great Expectations soon (which I started four times and DNFd 4 times 😂). So thaaaaaank youuuu!❤❤❤

Pushkin is absolutely my favourite writer and poet. He was called a “sun of russian poesy” for a reason. And from what i’ve gathered during my school classes, he had a very interesting and charming personality. I once took an excursion in his house in Saint Petersburg, where he died. By the end of the excursion I was crying like a baby😅

Well, you've convinced me to read Eugene Onegin. It'll be my first full Pushkin book.

I loveee how it feels like Pushkin is directly talking to the reader, like he’s making jokes in-between the story and it makes the whole reading experience soo engaging. Reading Pushkin feels like he’s telling you a story and it just happens to accidentally rhyme, that’s how natural his rhymes are! I read it in its original Russian and it just hit straight to my heart, I’m so happy you’re reading and loving Russian literature, looking forward to more videos from this series🥰💕

you went from "i think i'm gonna love this" to " i love pushkin more than shakespeare" to "i feel like i did when i first read anna!" to "i think i like this more than anna..." and that makes super excited to read some pushkin!

I have the same copy and I've been reading it every winter for like the past 2 years. It's just a very beautiful book with very musical language (if that makes sense) that really captures the essence of the book, plus I think reading it in winter brings out the atmosphere more. I'm so glad there are more people who are reading it😌💕

Oohhh .. I am in love with Pushkin also after reading this book. How can I love so many Russians at the same time? Being scared, I stopped reading anything more from Pushkin. His writing melts my frozen heart. Just like Turgenev.

As a Russian, I want to thank you for the inspiration you give to read Russian classics even to me as a native💜 I listened to the audiobook of Anna Karenina in July and am now reading and anna-tating it😄 I LOOOOOVE it. I wish your vlogs had more spoilery parts! I'd love to hear your indepth thoughts about particular moments! Especially in your Anna Karenina vlog, which I am looking forward to most.

Pushkin actually collected Russian folk stories and wrote his own fairytales on their basis. They’re all also pretty interesting and when you read them you can delve into Russian medieval history which I’m a big big fan of haha

I wanted this video to never stop.... 👍 By the way, your pronouncination of Evgenii the russian way is PERFECT

I thought that foreigners would never be able to understand and love "Onegin")) This is a novel in verse and 99% of the charm of this work lies in the beauty of poetry and the Russian language. In Russian literary criticism, this novel is usually called "the encyclopedia of Russian life"))

I learned about Pushkin as I was reading Resurrection by Tolstoy and it is CarolynMarie made me read Eugene Onegin, I just completed my first read yesterday and during which time I have watched a great movie, a play production, also an opera by Tchaikovsky! This is not just a great classics book but also a great piece of art and it is a mini literary encyclopaedia hidden in those stanzas waiting for anyone one cares to find out more. I personally find James E Falen version (one read by Steven Fry) is good to the ears, but Stanley Mitchell (the copy Carolyn read in this episode) copy had different approach for interpretation and certainly brings different feeling when I simply read it on paper. Your passion has give me the direction to find this book, thank you Carolyn.

I love this vlog and review! I must say that I admire your self control! Once I started reading this novel, I felt so captivated that I could not put it down until it was finished! Then I re read it for the details and that need for having the words again that you so well describe. I must say that I also agree in your view of Pushkin (i also add Dostoevsky here but for different reasons) being at the same level, even higher, than Shakespeare. And I am too a fan of Shakespeare since I can remember. One of the aspects I love on Eugene Onegin is the humour, SPOILER that duel! The way in which such a serious, life or death scenario, starts by the very anti climatic scene of Eugene oversleeping, just to evolve into a heartbreaking end. END OF SPOILER And, as a huge fan of the gothic genre, all the references and irony towarda the genre, and towards the romantic notions and tropes. What to say about the character development of Tatiana? I love her so much, the way she evolves and grows during the tale. Same applies to Eugene, who becomes humbler and wiser as time goes by. Just to finish here (I could go on for hours!) I love the way you compare Tolstoy and Pushkin, by means of how the 1st one uses 1000+ pages to create a picture and feeling of the Napoleonic assault to Moscow, while the second needs a single stanza to achieve it. I believe you have pointed out how same notion manifest different through different art forms and genius; prose asks for a spider web of details to engulf you, poetry uses very precise words with the right rhythm to shoot you straight to heart. And thus,both are masters of their craft :)

I read this in russian and you put it beautifully "it felt like magic". Glad the translation is beautiful as well!

the quote from your Dostoevsky notebook is from The Brothers Karamazov!

I kind of envy the joy you felt reading Onegin as I'm having troubles to get into the book I'm currently reading. BTW, have you listened to Tchaikovsky's opera based on this book? It's trully beautiful (the POV is changed to Tatiana though; if I understood correctly your review, the book centers on Onegin).

This was so lovely, thank you 😊 just found you channel and cannot wait to see your other videos. Also, The Captain´s Daughter from Pushkin is very lovely :)

Your reading vlogs are such a comfort, Carolyn! They motivate me to read and enjoy literature 💕💜

Every time I buy a new book for my library and later when I annotate it while reading, I think about my future children reading this very same book, my notes on the sides :)

You convinced me to try some Pushkin. I always thought it would be inaccessible for me but after watching the video I really want to dive into Eugene Onegin and listen to the audiobook.

I can recommend some Russian poets: Blok, Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova, Yesenin, Akhmadulina

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I thought your are going to drink milk in that bottle, before I saw you are lighting the candle. LOL

hi carolyn, i’m really enjoying your russian literature series! i’ve only read dostoevsky and tolstoy so far. excited to read pushkin after watching your vlog!

Now I read prose by Pushkin and also in love

Pushkin is like Byron, Shakespeare in Russian literature is Anton Chekhov.

I love when you get silly😊.

omg first comment! i just want to say thank you so much carolyn for putting out these amazing videos! i really love and admire your passion for literature! 💕

What you should definitely read is Yuri Lotman's commentary to Pushkin's Eugene Onegin. Even for a native speaker like me it's a whole new world. He explains pretty much every stanza from Onegin - the hidden meaning, the environment, the conventions. There's way more than meets the eye, I just wonder if Lotman's notes are available in English.

You are so amazing, i usually don't enjoy reading vlogs but i loved this, i love your channel. Now i have this need to read Eugene Onegin. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and emotions. Saludos desde México :) 🌻🦋✨

This was such a wonderful vlog, Carolina Marya! One could watch you talk about books and Russian classics especially for hours and hours and not get bored! Really loved this and Eugene Onegin is on the shortlist of my TBR! ❤️ Much love and happy reading! 🤗

I'm always thrilled when anyone outside the UK knows and loves Stephen Fry. Have you seen the movie 'Wilde' where he portrays Oscar Wilde? It's wonderful. Can't wait to listen to his narration of Eugene Onegin. On a side note your garden is beautiful!

Shock! Horror! Pushkin is superior to the Immortal Bard! Each to their own of course but bear in mind the old adage that ALL literature post 1616 is merely "footnotes to Shakespeare."

Next stage Ruslan and Ludmila by Pushkin

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This book was recommended to me by a beautiful Russian girl. I read it and didn't really appreciate it very much. Perhaps I'll give it another try one day. Beautiful video.

What a gorgeous video Carolyn! Your enthusiasm has inspired me to read more Rusdian literature as I have only read a tiny bit of Dostoevsky. Would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction, please give me a starting point. I adore your videos so much and look forward to more. 😊

I've been meaning to buy and read Onegin for a while now, and now I've been inspired to do the former! (Am waiting for it to arrive so I can do the latter!) I wish the Folio Society would bring back their stunning edition. It's at or near the top of my wishlist.

James Falen did the most poetic, easy to follow translation. Mitchell did a solid job, a bit more literal, but also more stilted at times. Babette Deutscher's much older translation is also excellent, but Falen's is my fave.

I was waiting for this 💛💛💛

Lovely review, lovely video. What an idyllic lawn to read a book, the purple liatris is gorgeous. Such an exciting thing to encounter a book that possesses you. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you for sharing!I'm just finishing the first chapter and I am enjoying the experience very much despite a feeling of a profound sadness at the heart of the book.There is a great richness in his descriptive power such as his portrayal of the ballerina which attests to the depth and history of that particular art form.However,Pushkin is Pushkin, Shakespeare is Shakespeare,and Tolstoy is Tolstoy!😃

I really enjoyed reading this book 📖 please stay safe and enjoy your reading love your number one Australia fan John please keep up your fantastic work

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I started reading this book a while ago, never finished it but I will one of these days.😊 I love Tatiana, from what I have read.

Would love to see a flip through of some of your Russian literature notes eventually!! Even if they’re not very artistic I’d love to just hear you talk through your thoughts, research, etc

I’m currently reading Shirley Jackson’s The Sundial and suddenly got so excited at seeing a sundial in the b-roll lmao

ı will definitely read this book in my language very soon. thanks for the review. ı love your passion for literature 💜

I’m sorry but l came here to see what you thought about it. I don’t need to see someone else reading it. It’s kind of waste of tiem

i wanna read this but POETRY? scared

What a wonderful way of reading!

These are my most favorite videos! I’m loving the Russian reading vlogs

I love your passion for literature xx

I just ordered the book. Thank you!!!!

Мой дядя самых честных правил когда не в шутку занемог он уважать себя заставил и лучше выдумать не мог!

I've got goose bumps. Your perception of my beloved Russian poets Pushkin and Lermontov is incredible and similar to mine. But for me they're native and I learned them by heart as a child. Happy to find your channel. Lots of love ❤ You've inspired me to read Mitchell's translation. P. S. Solzhenitsyn is pretty arguable to my mind. There were rumores about him being dishonest and making up "facts" and figures.

I love your taste in literature.

Thank you for sharing 😊

I love watching your book reviews. Your gentle heart radiates drawing the listener in. Thank you keep up your lovely work. ciao bella.

Oh my god I think I've seen you somewhere and I'm sure of it. I was surprised to see you again in a comment in goodreads after I watched this video. I'm from Vietnamese - an Asian country and I hope I can get to know you more through this youtube channel. Hopefully the geographical distance will not keep us apart.

How touchy is that a two centuries old casual ramblings of an African-Russian genius playboy could still stir a young woman’s fresh soul so profoundly. How tragic that the Russia that produced his poetic soul was raped, burned, hanged and quartered into oblivion…. All we have left is shadows of the past.

I just finished this for Game of Tomes and I had to go on RU-vid and see what was there. And here you are. I looooved it. I’m so excited to hear your thoughts in December

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I know the novel thanks to Tchaikovsky ( the same with Goethe's Egmont : due to Beethoven's incidental music).

Would you always recommend reading the introduction? Or does it depend on the book for you?

Pushkin is a true gem of art of literature! When I read his poetry I always get emotional, just because his storytelling makes you feel like he is talking to an old friend.

I like reading classic literature but it has its flaws in my personal life bc people often think im some kind of superwoman bc I am 13 years old. They just think that I am the smartest human in the world which is totally not true

the land you live on is so beautiful. I love that you call that clearly a lake a beach, and you were on the boat thing just relaxing and reading. that sounds so ideal.

Have you read Unearthed Love Poems and Unveiled Love Poems? Both by Youssef Fakhreddine.

What a delight!!!!!

To should read Mijail Sholokhov’s The Fate of a Man. I love that novel, you will love it to. 🌸Thank you for sharing🌸 ❤️🐸🍵

I cannot wait for this one!!!! I just bought this book on your recommendation a couple of weeks ago...I am wondering if you'd like, "A Gentleman in Moscow." It is a brilliant book and one I read whenever I feel like I need something comforting. I think you'd enjoy it! Edit: I just finished this vlog and I absolutely LOVE your sweet spirit! You have so much love and respect for literature and I am so glad I found you! This is my new favorite channel, hands down--you have no close competition in the bookish world, as far as I'm concerned.

Stephen Fry reads this book (different translation ) and its glorious .

I was planning to use Stanley Mitchell's translation when I reread this. The Falen I read was very beautiful. I agonize so much over translations 🥵 Loved hearing about this one from you.

Hi.. where are you from? If you don't mind? Why there isn't any information about you in your channel?

This was such a lovely vlog! It's so wonderful to see you being proud of your work

Perhaps being giddy and not starting to talk about what a book is about til 23 minutes into a video, isn't the best way to go about introducing it.

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I read "one day in the life of Ivan Denisowitch" and liked it. Do you have a reading vlog for it? 🤔

Love the fact that you live in the most beautiful house straight out of a classic novel

This seems like such a great book. Lovely reading vlog - loved the setting, the outdoor scenes and your thoughts. Really looking forward to reading Pushkin, especially after this vlog. Also, really excited for the next videos of this Russian literature series.

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your reading vlogs are extremely wholesome in general but i loved this one especially bc eugene onegin is one of my top 5 books of all time and i'm so happy you loved it as well :))

I'm russian and read it in high school. Loved it but don't remember much except the monologues because we had to learn it by heart.

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Love your reading vlogs, cant wait to read this one!

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What did you think of "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn? The Bible is the top of the list, but written by so many authors and so many books actually, that I exclude it. Born on August 4th, 1973, I smile when you uploaded this: I also do not call something a different story when the same world is used by the same author to create a story. 1) "Verbal Behavior" by Dr. B. F. Skinner 2) "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky 3) "Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev 4) Myth Adventures - series by Robert Asprin 5) The Chronicles of Narnia - series by C. S. Lewis 6) "War and Peace" by Leo Tolstoy 7) "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 8) "Roots" by Alex Haley 9) The Silmarillion - The Hobbit, or there and back again - The Lord of the Rings - Middle Earth stories by J. R. R. Tolkien 10) Foundation Series - Isaac Asimov 11) "Eugene Onegin" by Alexander Pushkin

"Above all, don't lie to yourself." - Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881). "This above all: to thine own self be true." - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616). As is usually the case, Shakespeare said it first and best, in this instance a mere two and a half centuries earlier!

he created the Russian language - to put it mildly, a false statement the Russian language existed a thousand year before Pushkin

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