Eugene Onegin, Part VIII summary
Part VIII of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In VIII, the narrator singles out Eugene’s skill in love as the pursuit that absorbs him from boyhood, bringing both pleasure and pain. The verse connects this pursuit with Ovid, whose suffering away from Italy introduces exile into the account.
What happens
- The narrator declines to give a full account of Eugene’s knowledge.
- He identifies love as Eugene’s outstanding skill and consuming pursuit from boyhood.
- He links this pursuit to Ovid’s poetry and suffering away from Italy.
- The note identifies Tomi with Ovid’s exile and compares Pushkin’s circumstances with his.
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What pursuit chiefly occupies Eugene?
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