Anna Karenina · Character
Monsieur Landau
A French mystic and 'clairvoyant' who influences Countess Lidia Ivanovna and Karenin.
minor
Also known as Landau, Jules Landau
First appearance: part v xxxii
Monsieur Landau shows up with force in Stepan Arkadyevitch in Petersburg. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Revealed to be a former shop clerk turned clairvoyant, now called Count Bezzubov; his advice is sought by Karenin and Lidia Ivanovna on personal matters, including Anna's fate.
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In Stepan Arkadyevitch in Petersburg: Revealed to be a former shop clerk turned clairvoyant, now called Count Bezzubov; his advice is sought by Karenin and Lidia Ivanovna on personal matters, including Anna's fate.
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- Karenin Household & Associates
- Levin's Social & Family Circle
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Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…
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See Monsieur Landau in part v xxxii