Pushkin's verse novel shows him as the masterful powerhouse of language, weaving together an intricate web of characters to create an affecting story full of wit and beauty. A testament to love and the power of the Muse and of ennui. Falen's translation is musical and readable, making the experience of this novel in verse a highly pleasant one for the modern reader. ( )

Read it, didn't hate it, but for me the translation just didn't work. I think, though, that it's probably difficult to translate something like this in an all-around satisfactory way - I shall have to read the original now, I think. ( )

Penguin's new translation is a phenomenal rendering, keeping the original's sonnet form while still being immensely readable. Just don't get too far into the introduction! ( )

This is an excellent translation of the original, and I found it far more enjoyable because it preserved Pushkin's original sonnet form. ( )

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