Shoe of the People of Nature
Title
Shoe of the People of Nature
Subject
Eugene Onegin: "Reading Fashion"
Description
Made from bast fibers, these woven shoes were often worn by traditional Russian shepherds.
Creator
Elizabeth LaFave
Source
Text: Alexander Pushkin; Eugene Onegin
Image: Russian Elegance: Country and City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century
Image: Russian Elegance: Country and City Fashion from the 15th to the Early 20th Century
Publisher
Text: Oxford's World Classics
Image: Vivays Publishing
Image: Vivays Publishing
Text
«Пастух по-прежнему поёт
И обувь бедную плетёт» (7, VII, 160).
“Alone the shepherd, grey and weary,
Beneath it sings as in the past and plaits his simple shoes of
bast” (Chapter 7, Stanza 7, Page 160).
Citation
Elizabeth LaFave, “Shoe of the People of Nature,” Collections @ ECU, accessed December 22, 2024, http://collections.ecu.edu/items/show/620.
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