Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 120, Part XXVI summary
Part 1, no. 120, Part XXVI of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In XXVI, the narrator asks readers not to condemn Tattiana or echo the sneers of refined critics, then directs the same warning to young women who recoil from vice. He suggests that they too may feel consuming love and find their feelings reported as another conquest for a gallant.
What happens
- The narrator asks readers not to join in condemning Tattiana.
- He warns against repeating the mockery of refined critics.
- He addresses young women who react to any mention of vice with alarm.
- He suggests that love may seize them too, while gossip credits a gallant with another conquest.
- He ends by warning that the God of Love pursues them.
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What to notice
The direct warning turns attention from Tattiana to her judges. It presents love as a force that can reach those who feel untouched by it.
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What does the narrator ask his audience not to repeat?
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