Nabokov, V., Pushkin, A.

Evgenii Onegin: roman v stikhakh [Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse]

New York: Published by Bollingen Foundation, distributed by Pantheon Books, 1964.

Item #26036

Hardcover, 440 pp.

First edition of Nabokov's commentary of Eugene Onegin.

Four volumes, octavo: Volume 1: xxvi, 345 pages, includes frontispiece portrait; Volume 2: xvi, 547 pages; Volume 3: xvi, 540 pages; Volume 4: vi, 112 (last blank), [vi], 310 pages (facsimile reproduction). Series: Bollingen Series LXXII (The seventy-second in a series of books sponsored by the Bollingen Foundation). The original cream-colored dust jackets are present for all four volumes, but they show slight wear.

The edition represents the first literal translation of Eugene Onegin by Vladimir Nabokov, based on the 1837 edition, the last edition published during Pushkin's lifetime. Volume 1 contains Nabokov's extensive introduction and translation of the poem, while Volumes 2 and 3 are dedicated to his detailed commentary. Volume 4 includes an index and a reduced facsimile reproduction of the 1837 edition. In his commentary, Nabokov provides translations of deleted or altered lines, variant passages from Pushkin's notebooks, fragments from an unfinished continuation titled Onegin's Journey, and the unpublished "Chapter Ten."

Near fine condition.

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