Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 368, Part L summary
Part 1, no. 368, Part L of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In L, the narrator addresses the friends who first hear his tale and the person who inspires Tattiana, grieving absence and loss as he ends Eugene’s story. He compares his sudden departure from Onéguine to leaving life’s feast before its pleasures turn bitter.
What happens
- The narrator addresses his earliest listeners, some distant and some dead.
- He declares Eugene complete without them and addresses the person from whom he draws Tattiana.
- He praises those who leave life before tasting its bitterness and compares them to readers who stop a romance unfinished.
- He ends by declaring his own sudden departure from Onéguine.
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What to notice
The exclamation brings his memories of absent friends and Tattiana’s model into a direct expression of loss.
Quick check
What does the narrator compare his departure from Onéguine to?
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