Anna Karenina · Character
Ivan Parmenov
A peasant on Levin's estate who represents Levin's idealized view of peasant life.
minor
Also known as Ivan
First appearance: part iv viii
Ivan Parmenov shows up with force in V. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Referred to as 'the old man' and 'Tit,' he is Levin's skilled and good-humored guide in mowing.
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In V: Referred to as 'the old man' and 'Tit,' he is Levin's skilled and good-humored guide in mowing. His ease, strength, and connection to the land and his family (picking mushrooms for his wife) embody the dignified,…
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- Other
Character groups
- Levin's Social & Family Circle
- Wider Society & Minor Characters
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…
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- V
- Chapter XI
- Chapter XII
- Levin's Agricultural Experiment
- Levin's Work and the Prospect of Travel
- Chapter XIV
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See Ivan Parmenov in part iv viii