Evgeniĭ Onegin vs Voskresenīe: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Russian fiction, Russian literature, Russia, Social conditions, Fiction
Evgeniĭ Onegin
Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евге́ний Оне́гин, BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin. It is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a…
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Voskresenīe
Resurrection, the last full-length novel written by Leo Tolstoy, was published in 1899 after ten years in the making. A humanitarian cause—the pacifist Doukhobor sect, persecuted by the Russian government, needed funds…
The verdict
- Readers rate Voskresenīe highest: Voskresenīe 4.2 · Evgeniĭ Onegin 3.9.
- Evgeniĭ Onegin is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 10 for Voskresenīe.
- Voskresenīe has the widest readership — 29824 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Evgeniĭ Onegin | Voskresenīe | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | — | 4.2 (29824) |
Reception
| Evgeniĭ Onegin | Voskresenīe | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 12 | 29824 |
| Editions | 102 | 250 |
| Want to read | — | 57785 |
| Reading it now | — | 2535 |
| Written reviews | — | 2484 |
| Pages | 245 | 572 |