History Literature / EugeneOnegin

* AuthorAppeal: Pushkin is famous for having a foot fetish, and one digression in the work is devoted to praising [[ShesGotLegs women's legs]].

-->-- A none too educated man from a Soviet ethnic minority giving a surprisingly accurate summary to the novel.

* AuthorAppeal: Pushkin is famous for having a foot fetish, and one digression in the work is all about praising women's feet. It has been argued that this is a mis-translation, and Pushkin was actually obsessed with women's legs[[note]]In UsefulNotes/{{Russian|Language}}, for "leg" and "foot" there is a single term "noga" (here Pushin uses mostly diminiutive plural "nozhki").[[/note]], but regardless, AuthorAppeal applies.

-->-- A non too educated man from a Soviet ethnic minority giving a surprisingly accurate summary to the novel.

* SceneryPorn: Traditional productions of the opera will have some [[https://www.mariinsky.ru/images/cms/data/opera_repertoire2014/evgenonegin_temirk/x3.jpg.pagespeed.ic.FoDtHnDpSm.jpg very]] [[https://bachtrack.com/files/57003-eugene-onegin-alexey-dolgov-mariusz-kwiecien-met-opera-c-marty-sohl-resized.jpg lovely]] sets of the [[https://prim.mariinsky.ru/images/prim/theatre/repertoire/opera/Onegin/yevgeny_onegin_qp1a0596.jpg Russian]] [[https://balletandopera.com/photos_info/perfomance/mar_onegin1/big/1549021886_onegin.jpg countryside]] and the [[https://prim.mariinsky.ru/images/prim/theatre/repertoire/opera/Onegin/onegin_hg_3467.jpg St. Petersburg]] [[http://operacanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/195A6280abe_preview.jpeg mansion]].

* LemonyNarrator: The author [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly addresses the reader]], expresses his opinion about the characters and the story, snarks, hangs lampshades, goes off on tangents, ets.

* LemonyNarrator: The author [[BreakingTheForthWall directly addresses the reader]], expresses his opinion about the characters and the story, snarks, hangs lampshades, goes off on tangents, ets.

* ShoutOutToShakespeare: When Lensky returns home, he visits Larin's grave. He exclaims: [[{{Hamlet}} "Poor Yorick!"]], and writes a poem about it.

* GermanRussians: Lensky is described as a "half-Russian" and he spent years studying in Germany.

->Tatiana fell in love Onegin. Tatiana comes Onegin and says "Onegin, I love you!". Onegin says "No!". Time passed. Tatiana grew up, became big, fat, beautiful. Onegin fell in love Tatiana. Onegin comes Tatiana, says "Tatiana, I love you!" Tatiana says: "Will you look at this guy!"
-->-- ''A non too educated man from a Soviet ethnic minority giving a surprisingly accurate summary to the novel.''

* AuthorAppeal: Pushkin is famous for having a foot fetish, and one digression in the work is all about praising women's feet. It has been argued that this is a mis-translation, and Pushkin was actually obsessed with women's legs[[note]]In [[RussianLanguage Russian]], for "leg" and "foot" there is a single term "noga" (here Pushin uses mostly diminitive plural "nozhki").[[/note]], but regardless, AuthorAppeal applies.

* ShoutOut: The book is full of them. Every chapter starts with a carefully chosen motto from either Russian or western literature, and there are many others in the story. For example, the narrator mentions which books Tatyana read and enjoyed.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Lensky and Onigin. Lensky is a sensitive an rather ineffectual poet in contrast to Oneigin's BookDumb womanizer and man-about-town.

* AuthorAppeal: Pushkin is infamous for having a foot fetish, and one digression in the work is all about praising women's feet. It has been argued that this is a mis-translation, and Pushkin was actually obsessed with women's legs[[note]]In [[RussianLanguage Russian]], for "leg" and "foot" there is a single term "noga" (here Pushin uses mostly diminitive plural "nozhki").[[/note]], but regardless, AuthorAppeal applies.

Pushkin's story is set in 1820s Russia, both in the city and the countryside, and it follows the fates of one Eugene Onegin, a Russian aristocrat and dandy who is [[BoredRich bored with life]]. He became a literary (stereo)type called a superfluous man, and he has served as a model for many subsequent literary heroes of Russian literature. The novel also portrays a wide cast of other characters, usually ''very'' archetypically Russian.