Евгеній Онѣгинъ
By Александръ Сергѣевичъ Пушкинъ (1799—1837)
Cover: Золотая осень. Слободка (Golden autumn. Slobodka) by Isaac Levitan (1860-1900) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
The bored young dandy Onegin rejects the country girl Tatyana's letter of love, kills his friend in a duel, and meets her again years later as a great lady. Pushkin's novel in verse, in the old orthography of the last edition printed in his lifetime, is the cornerstone of Russian literature.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.