Evgeniĭ Onegin vs Защита Лужина: Which Should You Read?

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

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…

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

Originally published in Russian in 1930. Nabokov released an English translation in 1964. The novel is a fictionalized account of chess master, Curt von Bardeleben. The book was made into the movie, The Luzhin Defense…