# Korney — Anna Karenina character guide

> Korney in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Korney Vassilievitch

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-vi

## Who they are

Levin's elderly butler at his country estate.

## In the story

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

Mentioned by Anna as the one who interpreted her dream, saying 'In childbirth you’ll die, ma’am.'

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

The servant who informs Karenin of Anna's critical condition upon his arrival.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-v-xxi)

Witnesses his master's emotional breakdown when a shop clerk asks for Anna's address, and tactfully asks the clerk to leave.

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-v-xxii)

Revealed to be the actual manager of Karenin's household, discreetly modifying and executing all of Lidia Ivanovna's impractical arrangements.

### [Anna's Secret Visit to Seryozha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-v-xxx)

The valet; reprimands Kapitonitch for letting Anna in, trying to manage the household crisis.

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