Evgeniĭ Onegin vs Защита Лужина: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Translations from Russian, Russian fiction, Fiction

Cover of Evgeniĭ Onegin

Evgeniĭ Onegin Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1833 ★★★★☆ 3.9 245 pages · ≈ 4 h 32 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Защита Лужина

Защита Лужина Vladimir Nabokov · 1930 ★★★★☆ 3.9 255 pages · ≈ 4 h 43 m · Moderate Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.9 vs 3.9 — either is a safe pick by score.
Защита Лужина is the easier read (Moderate), Evgeniĭ Onegin more demanding (Demanding).

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