Anna Karenina · Character

Lizaveta Petrovna

The midwife who attends Kitty during her childbirth.

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Also known as Lizaveta

First appearance: part vi xxiii

Lizaveta Petrovna shows up with force in The Beginning. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The midwife is summoned; Levin meets her on the way and she gives him practical instructions.

Lizaveta Petrovna first appears in 0179 part vi xxiii.

In The Beginning: The midwife is summoned; Levin meets her on the way and she gives him practical instructions.

Later, in The Agony of Waiting: The midwife with a firm, resolute face who directs Levin and reassures the family.

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Falling action.

Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…

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The Beginning
The midwife is summoned; Levin meets her on the way and she gives him practical instructions.
The Agony of Waiting
The midwife with a firm, resolute face who directs Levin and reassures the family.
The Birth
The midwife who manages the delivery with stern concentration, later announces the healthy birth of a boy.
Chapter XVI
The midwife who tends to the newborn, dressing him and showing him to Levin with pride.

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