[Carl Copeland]

Originally Posted by David Callin

I find myself drawn more to Mandelstam than to Pushkin at the moment.

Hint taken. I’ll get back to Mandelstam as soon as I can, but the pull of Pushkin is irresistable. He was compared with Byron in his day (a contemporary English reviewer even called him a pale imitation of Byron!), but in terms of his significance to literature, he’s the Russian Shakespeare.

[John Riley]

Thank you for this. I've long wanted to know more Pushkin.

[Carl Copeland]

My pleasure, John. This is still a young Pushkin, though he had recently finished his first masterpiece, the long poem Ruslan and Ludmila.

[David Callin]

Originally Posted by Carl Copeland

Hint taken. I’ll get back to Mandelstam as soon as I can, but the pull of Pushkin is irresistable. He was compared with Byron in his day (a contemporary English reviewer even called him a pale imitation of Byron!), but in terms of his significance to literature, he’s the Russian Shakespeare.

Not a hint! I wouldn't presume. Just a personal observation. I'll read whatever you care to serve up.