Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 103, Part IX summary
Part 1, no. 103, Part IX of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In IX, Tattiana wanders through the forest with a romance, imagines herself as its heroine, and finds her own passion reflected in its pages. She quietly composes a letter to her chosen hero, while the narrator questions his likeness to Grandison.
What happens
- Tattiana wanders through the forest, imagining herself as one of her favorite romantic heroines.
- She carries a book and finds a likeness to her own passion in its pages.
- Absorbed in fictional joys and griefs, she sighs and murmurs a letter intended for her hero.
- The narrator acknowledges the hero’s merit but distinguishes him from Grandison.
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What to notice
The closing comparison interrupts Tattiana’s romantic identification. It marks a distance between her imagined model and the person she addresses.
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