Anna Karenina · Character
Matvey
Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky's loyal valet.
minor
First appearance: part i i
Matvey shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Stiva's valet and confidant.
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In II: Stiva's valet and confidant. Understands the significance of Anna's arrival, delivers Dolly's message about leaving, and offers a sympathetic, hopeful perspective. Later, in Chapter III: The valet who serves…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Wider Society & Minor Characters
- Levin's Social & Family Circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…
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See Matvey in part i i