A House of Gentlefolk · Character

Ivan Petrovitch

Lavretsky's father, a man of Westernized tastes and a difficult temper.

minor

Also known as Ivan

First appearance: VIII

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Fedor's father; raised by an aunt, educated by a French tutor, he defies his father by marrying the serf Malanya, then leaves for Petersburg.

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With Piotr Andreitch (family): Ivan Petrovitch is the son of Piotr Andreitch, and their relationship is marked by filial conflict and generational tension. With Glafira Petrovna (family): Glafira Petrovna is Ivan Petrovitch's stern, domineering aunt who raises him with cold discipline. With Glafira Petrovna (family): Glafira Petrovna is Ivan Petrovitch's stern, domineering aunt who raises him with cold discipline.

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Character groups

Lavretsky Family Lineage
Protagonist
Kalitin Household Circle

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Aftermath
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Piotr Andreitch
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Glafira Petrovna
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Glafira Petrovna
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VIII
Fedor's father; raised by an aunt, educated by a French tutor, he defies his father by marrying the serf Malanya, then leaves for Petersburg.
IX
The son of Piotr Andreitch, living abroad after his marriage, eventually returns briefly during the 1812 war but leaves again, causing his wife's despair.
Chapter X
Returns to Russia as an Anglomaniac, full of reformist zeal but ultimately ineffectual in changing household management.
XI
Lavretsky's father, an Anglomaniac who imposes a harsh educational system on his son but later breaks down physically and mentally, becoming blind, dependent, and capricious before dying.
XVIII
Remembered by Lavretsky as vigorous and later blind and tearful.

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