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Eugene Onegin (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)

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Tatyana Larin (tah-TYAH-nah LAH-rihn), also called Tanya Larina (TAHN-yah LAH-rihn-uh), the reserved and withdrawn older daughter of the well-to-do, upper- middle-class Larin family, of whose marriage her parents despair. She falls in love at first sight with Eugene Onegin and, unable to write grammatical Russian, sends him a passionate letter written in French. Although he fails to encourage her, she turns down several other proposals of marriage. When her family takes her to Moscow, she picks up beauty hints at a ball and attracts the attentions of a...

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