# Grisha — Anna Karenina character guide

> Grisha in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i

## Who they are

A young son of Stepan and Dolly Oblonsky.

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

The youngest boy, who feels his father's comparative coldness and does not respond warmly to his smile.

### [Anna and Dolly: A Conversation on Infidelity and Forgiveness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-i-xix)

The fat little boy, already like his father. He is having a French lesson with Dolly and fidgets with a button on his jacket, which his mother finally pulls off.

### [Anna at the Oblonskys'](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-i-xx)

One of the Oblonsky children who clings to Anna, nestling against her and playing with her hair, showing her immediate rapport with them.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-iii-viii)

Feels deeply wronged by his punishment for whistling and disobedience. His tears are over the perceived injustice, not the tart, but he is comforted by Tanya's act.

### [Levin's Pride and Dolly's Misery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-iii-x)

Engages in a fierce physical fight with his sister Tanya, his face described as hideous with rage.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-vi-iv)

Is called by Varenka, an event which interrupts Sergey Ivanovitch's solitary deliberation.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-viii-xv)

Present as one of Dolly's children being fed during the conversation.

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