Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
Pushkin, Alexander / Hoyt, Henry M.
Eugene Onegin, a "novel in verse, " as announced by its subtitle, and Russia's best-loved classic, was written by Alexander Pushkin, that country's unsurpassed literary idol. Yet the American reading public generally attributes its authorship to Tchaikovsky, who composed the score and co-authored the libretto of its operatic adaptation. Henry Hoyt, translator for this bilingual edition, suggests that this misunderstanding may stem from other t...