Pushkin himself preferred his verse novel Eugene Onegin, which he wrote over the course of his life and which, starting a tradition of great Russian novels, follows a few central characters but varies widely in tone and focus.
Pushkin sendiri lebih menyukai novel sanjaknya, Eugene Onegin, yang ditulisnya dalam perjalanan hidupnya dan yang, sebagai perintis tradisi novel-novel besar Rusia, mengikuti sedikit tokoh utama namun sangat berbeda dalam nada dan fokusnya.