This work is often anthologized with a derogatory French-language poem in which the speaker chides his own "monkey's face," titled "Mon Portrait."
This work is often anthologized with a derogatory French-language poem in which the speaker chides his own "monkey's face," titled "Mon Portrait." The principal character wears a hat "surnamed a Bolivar" when he's out and about, and another scene sees the protagonist witness Istomina "nimbly bounding" in the crammed ballet house. Minor characters include Zaretsky, and the title character's valet, Guillot. It takes its epigraph from Prince Viazemski, which begins its first canto, "The Spleen." Its author dubbed this work a satire "in the manner of Byron's Don Juan, and its lyric form of 14 line stanzas alternating between masculine and feminine rhyme was used in "The Golden Gate," by Vikram Seth. The title character rejects Tatiana and duels with and kills the poet Vladimir Lensky. For 10 points, name this verse novel by Alexander Pushkin.
This work is often anthologized with a derogatory French-language poem in which the speaker chides his own "monkey's face," titled "Mon Portrait."
{Eugene Onegin} [accept {Evgenii Onegin}]