Eugene Onegin Characters

Eugene Onegin is a man in his mid-20s who used to live the life of an urban dandy in St. Petersburg but who has become melancholy lately and doesn’t enjoy the decadent things that used… read analysis of Eugene Onegin

Vladimir Lensky is a passionate young man with ambitions to be a great poet who becomes friends with the older Eugene when he moves to the countryside. Although at times the narrator satirizes Lensky, suggesting… read analysis of Vladimir Lensky

Tatyana is the shy eldest daughter of Dame Larin and Dmitry Larin as well as the sister of Olga. Although she is reserved and spends most of her time reading books, particularly romances… read analysis of Tatyana Larin

The narrator who tells Eugene’s story is acquainted with Eugene, Lensky, and some of the other major figures of Eugene Onegin. He is a writer who is a little older than most… read analysis of The Narrator

Zaretsky is a roguish friend of Lensky’s who becomes his second in Lensky’s duel against Eugene. Although both Eugene and Lensky enjoy Zaretsky’s company, he enables the duel between those two to happen… read analysis of Zaretsky

Dame Larin is the wife of Dmitry Larin and mother of Tatyana and Olga. Although she loved another man when she married Dmitry, she has since tried to make the best of it. Despite… read analysis of Dame Larin

The general is the man Tatyana ultimately marries. She meets him after traveling to Moscow following Eugene's rejection and her subsequent heartbreak. Tatyana's marriage to the general marks her maturation and the abandonment of… read analysis of The General