books.google.fr - The Russians, revering Alexander Pushkin as a national hero, see his novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, as the pinnacle not only of his oeuvre, but of their entire literature. Its brilliant sonnets are traditionally memorized by youngsters, and even today nearly any Russian adult can quote many passages...http://books.google.fr/books/about/Eugene_Onegin.html?hl=fr&id=9RbJq0UQNVsC&q=Russian+literature&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareEugene Onegin