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    Pushkin’s 1833 short story‚ Tchaikovsky’s penultimate operatic work is a musically idiosyncratic mixture of his recognizable orchestral style with elements of pastiche. Not renowned as a composer of opera‚ Tchaikovsky had hit a bullseye with a previous Pushkin adaptation‚ Eugene Onegin in 1879. Admitting an irresistible attraction to operatic form in spite of his inability to master it‚ the maestro used the folk origins of Pushkin’s verse novel to present a series of interlinked scenes rather than a fully

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    To evaluate the role an anecdote and storytelling in Pushkin’s Pikovaia dama. Russian society during the nineteenth century was deeply influenced by French culture and its language. However‚ Alexander Pushkin a novelist of the romantic era has never travelled abroad yet managed to capture his audience’s interest by creating a more Russian related story that also included links to France and the gothic genre. Storytelling and anecdotes play a significant part throughout Pikovaia dama. To find

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    EUGENE ONEGIN By Alexander Pushkin Translated by Henry Spalding CONTENTS: PREFACE ................................................................................................................... 3 Mon Portrait ................................................................................................................4 A Short Biographical Notice of Alexander Pushkin. ....................................................6 Eugene Oneguine ...............................................

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    confine music to its true function of serving the poetry by expressing feelings and the situations of the story.”3 Much like Gluck‚ Gustave Flaubert in his book‚ Madame Bovary‚ evokes emotion and suspense through his prose style‚ which matches the mood of the narrative; this style can be seen in many parts of the novel. Throughout the book Madame Bovary‚ Flaubert will use a certain form in his prose style so that the reader will want to continue to read more. This ingenious way of writing envelops

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    Russian Messenger. Widely regarded as a pinnacle in realist fiction‚ Tolstoy considered Anna Karenina his first true novel . The character of Anna was likely inspired‚ in part‚ by Maria Hartung ‚ the elder daughter of the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin . Although Russian critics dismissed the novel on its publication as a "trifling romance of high life"‚ Fyodor Dostoevsky declared it to be "flawless as a work of art". His opinion was shared by Vladimir Nabokov‚ who especially admired "the flawless

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    In the 1820s‚ Eugene Onegin is a bored St. Petersburg dandy‚ whose life consists of balls‚ concerts‚ parties and nothing more. One day he inherits a landed estate from his uncle. When he moves to the country‚ he strikes up a friendship with his neighbor‚ a starry-eyed young poet named Vladimir Lensky. One day‚ Lensky takes Onegin to dine with the family of his fiancée‚ the sociable but rather thoughtless Olga Larina. At this meeting he also catches a glimpse of Olga’s sister Tatyana. A quiet‚ precocious

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    “We all now pose as Napoleons-- Millions of two-legged creatures For us are the instrument of one.” --Eugene Onegin‚ by Pushkin Napoleon in Russian Thought Despite Russia’s own history with Napoleon Bonaparte in the Russian invasion of 1812‚ Russians came to view Napoleon with a strange sort of admiration and reverence. In much the same way as Western Europe at the time‚ Russians saw Napoleon as a symbol: an extraordinary modern man who overstepped boundaries and moral law to change history

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    Madame Bovary‚ written by Gustave Flaubert‚ is a French novel from the 19th century that represents the first step into the modernization of classical literature. The act of adultery is introduced into the world of literature for the first time and is criticized by many. In the novel‚ the life of a French woman is symbolized through the elegance and controversial topics discussed. Flauberts‚ Madame Bovary‚ is an example of a non-traditional style of writing and expresses the French culture with character

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    Charles‚ she slowly becomes more and more dissatisfied with her situation. “Before she had married she though she was in love. But the happiness that should have resulted from this love had not come; she must have deceived herself‚ she thought.” (Flaubert 33) Emma repeatedly feels stifled by the predictability of her life. Initially she blames her discontent on living in Tostes‚ and convinces Charles to sell his house and move their family to Yonville. She insists‚ even though the move causes

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    self assumed‚ master of his act. In my personal opinion‚ the story has strong romantic overtones although one could argue in favor of the story tendencies of realism brought into the story by Pushkin. It is critical to romantic work of arts and literature and no solid conclusion on the matter can be made. Pushkin undermines his interpretation by revealing in his hero a persistent ambivalence between pursuit of the old woman’s secret and possession .Lizaveta is indicated as a true catalyst for Hermann’s

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