Eugene Onegin

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Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin tells the story of a disillusioned and wealthy man, Eugene Onegin, who inherits a country estate from his deceased uncle and befriends a poet named Vladimir Lensky. Lensky introduces Onegin to his fiancée, Olga, and her reserved sister Tatyana, who falls for Onegin and writes him a love letter. Onegin dismisses her, later causing an envious Lensky to challenge him to a fatal duel. Burdened with regret, Onegin travels abroad; years later, back in Russia, he finds Tatyana married and ultimately rejects his renewed advances. A duel resulting in death appears in the book.