圣彼得堡的贵族青年奥涅金，曾经有过和一般贵族青年相似的奢靡生活，但他逐渐开始厌倦上流社会的空虚无聊，抱着对新生活的向往来到乡村。然而，华而不实的贵族教育没有任何帮助，奥涅金四处碰壁，整日苦闷彷徨。在乡下的庄园，他和连斯基及其未婚妻奥尔迦成为好友。奥尔迦的姐姐塔吉扬娜纯朴、多情，爱上了奥涅金，并勇敢地写信向他倾诉自己纯洁的爱情，但遭到拒绝。经历重重波折之后，二人再次相遇，当年他拒绝她的爱，再遇才知真情谁属，然而一切已物是人非…… Eugene Onegin is a dandy from Saint Petersburg andleads a life of extravagance like other young aristocrats. Fed up with the emptyand frivolous ways of the upper classes, Onegin heads to a village for a new life. Sadly, his unpractical noble education proves to be of no help. Onegin finds his life purposeless, miserable, and confused, and he becomes verydepressed.In his estate in the country, Onegin becomes good friends with Lensky and his fiancée Olga. Olga's naïve and romantic sister Tatyana falls in love with Onegin. She bravely pours out her feeling in a letter to Onegin, only to be rejected. Years later, Onegin and Tatyana meet again in a ball. He realizes how much he loves her, but it is too late now. Everything has changed.