The Nanny

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Title

The Nanny

Subject

Eugene Onegin: "Reading Fashion"

Description

Tatyana's and Olga's nanny wearing traditional Russian garmets; not subject to Western trends and influences.

Creator

Elizabeth LaFave

Source

Text: Alexander Pushkin; Eugene Onegin 
Image: Костюм в Русский Художественной Культуре

Publisher

Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: Большая Советская Энициклопедия

Text

«С платком на голове седой,

Старушку в длинной телогрейке

И всё дремало в тишине

При вдохновительной луне» (3, XX, 66).


“A kerchief on her grizzled head,

Sat nanny in her quilted cassock” (Chapter 3, Stanza 20, Page 66). 

Citation

Elizabeth LaFave, “The Nanny,” Collections @ ECU, accessed December 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/581.

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