A novel in verse fails to fly A novel in verse fails to fly: [Final Edition]

Abstract

[Brad Leithauser]'s novel- in- verse, "Darlington's Fall," is neither a great novel nor a great poem. It might be considered a brilliant idea that in some ways failed, yet it's more worthwhile reading than much of what passes for literature these days. And it's hard to blame Leithauser for falling short of his lofty goal. Perhaps Leithauser's problem lay in trying to do two things at once. Aside from Alexander Pushkin, the author of "Eugene Onegin," who ever wrote a great novel in verse?