Eugène Oniéguine. Roman en vers. Traduit en vers français par Gaston Pérot. Avec une Préface de m. Émile Haumant

The former's devotees often claim that Pushkin is to the Russian language what Shakespeare is to English: not only a master of diverse styles and modes, but also a brilliant innovator, a manipulator of the language with skill unmatched by predecessor, successor, or contemporary. Pushkin's most famous poem is the verse novel Eugene Onegin; also widely read is The Bronze Horseman, a symbolic depiction of the individual struggling with the state. Among his prose work is The Queen of Spades, a short story widely cited for its influence on the great Russian writers of the later 19th century. Following prolonged jealousy, Pushkin challenged his wife's lover to a duel and was fatally injured.