A character with this first name admits that he seeks only entertainment and turns down a love letter in a passage sometimes called his "sermon.
A character with this first name admits that he seeks only entertainment and turns down a love letter in a passage sometimes called his "sermon." A character with this name witnesses a flood which kills his beloved Parasha, after which he pathetically defies a statue that proceeds to chase him throughout St. Petersburg. The protagonist of "The Bronze Horseman" has this first name, as does a character who inherits his uncle's countryside mansion in a poem written in (*) sonnets with alternating masculine and feminine rhymes. A superfluous man with this first name rebuffs Tatiana and dances with Olga at her name day celebration, leading to a duel with Lensky. For 10 points, give this first name of Onegin in a verse novel by Alexander Pushkin.
A character with this first name admits that he seeks only entertainment and turns down a love letter in a passage sometimes called his "sermon.
Eugene [or Yevgeni; or Eugene Onegin]