Eugene Onegin, Part XXXV summary
Part XXXV of 368 · 1 min to read the part
In XXXV, the narrator explains the man's illness as an English melancholy that gradually takes hold of his mind in a Russian setting. He does not contemplate suicide, but social gatherings, games, public affairs, and signs of love no longer move him.
What happens
- The narrator identifies the man's illness as a melancholy associated with Britain and brought into a Russian setting.
- The illness gradually takes hold of his mind, though he has no intention of killing himself.
- He attends a festival gloomily, resembling Childe Harold.
- Games, worldly concerns, and romantic attention leave him unmoved.
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