Eugene Onegin, Part 1, no. 307, Part XLI summary
Part 1, no. 307, Part XLI of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In XLI, Tattiana is repeatedly taken to family dinners, where older relatives observe her sadness and greet her with affectionate memories of childhood. Their recollections turn attention from her growth to their own aging, while the narrator describes warm hospitality as a Russian custom.
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- Tattiana is regularly taken to family dinners, where grandmothers and grandsires observe her sad mood.
- The narrator describes Russians as warmly welcoming friends who come from far away.
- Relatives recall holding Tania at her baptism, carrying her, pulling her ear, and giving her cakes.
- The old women join together in lamenting the passage of their years.
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