Comments on the novel "Eugene Onegin". Biography of A. S. Pushkin

Soviet and Russian literary scholar and critic Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman (1922 - 1993) became a laureate of the A. S. Pushkin academic award not by chance. He was always attentive to details and cleverly noted the hidden meanings within the... lines of literary masterpieces. While revealing the features of the novel in verse "Eugene Onegin", he draws attention to the nuances that escape the modern reader. He clarifies archaic words and highlights the archetypes of literary heroes, constructs a chronology of events, and notes the folkloric motifs. His comments allow not only to view the work from a different angle but provide the opportunity to see the grandeur of the novel and its cultural significance. The book also includes the biography of Alexander Pushkin.