# Eugene Onegin — Character guide

> Key figures in Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin.

- [Eugene Onegin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/eugene_onegin.md): A jaded St. Petersburg dandy who inherits an estate and becomes entangled in tragic relationships.
- [Tattiana Larina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/tattiana_larina.md): A romantic and sincere young woman who falls deeply in love with Onegin and later becomes a society princess.
- [Vladimir Lenski](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/vladimir_lenski.md): A passionate young poet and friend of Onegin, engaged to Olga, whose fate is sealed by a duel.
- [Olga Larina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/olga_larina.md): Tattiana's cheerful and flirtatious younger sister, betrothed to Lenski.
- [Zaretski](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/zaretski.md): A gossipy neighbor and former duelist who acts as Lenski's second in the fatal duel.
- [Princess Alina](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/princess_alina.md): Tattiana's elderly aunt and a former Moscow society belle.
- [Monsieur Triquet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/monsieur_triquet.md): A French tutor and composer who performs a couplet at Tattiana's name-day party.
- [Monsieur Guillot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/monsieur_guillot.md): Onegin's French valet who serves as his second in the duel.
- [Bouyànoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/bouyanoff.md): A boisterous neighbor and relative of the Larins who attends the name-day party.
- [Poustiakova](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/pustiakova.md): A local landowner and gossip at the Larins' party.
- [Gray Phillippevna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/gray_phillippevna.md): The Larins' elderly nurse and confidante to Tattiana.
- [Princess Helène](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/princess_helene.md): A society figure mentioned in the context of St. Petersburg high life.
- [Pétòushkoff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/petoushkoff.md): A minor landowner and guest at the Larins' party.
- [Simeon Petròvitch](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/simeon_petrovitch.md): A guest at the Larins' name-day celebration.
- [Pélagie Nikolavna](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/pelagie_nikolavna.md): A local landowner and guest at the Larins' party.
- [Akulka](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/akulka.md): A serf girl mentioned in passing in the narrative.
- [The Muse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/the_muse.md): The poetic muse who inspires the narrator and appears as a personified figure.
- [Alexander Pushkin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/eugene_onegin_se/characters/alexander_pushkin.md): The author and narrator who inserts himself into the story as a friend of Onegin.

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