Eugene Onegin

“Hofstadter gives this translation a bubbling excitement very much in the fashion of the original.”—Wall Street Journal

“Akin to the spirit of Pushkin’s original in its playfulness… Hofstadter’s version certainly holds its own in the pleiade of English Onegin versifications… Reading Hofstadter’s translation is a rewarding experience… His genuine enthusiasm for Pushkin’s poetry is truly inspirational.”—Comparative Literature Studies

“Pushkin’s story of a rich, bored young man who rather offhandedly destroys his chance at love by killing a friend in a duel and alienating his would-be beloved is equally delightful in Hofstadter’s sparkling, breezy version that catches the novel’s combination of wry, Austenish provincial romance and Byronic irony, digressiveness, and satire.”—Booklist

“A masterly performance, and a thoroughly charming book.”—Kirkus