Anna Karenina · Character
Metrov
A professor whose lecture on biology Levin attends with Katavasov.
minor
First appearance: part vi xv
Metrov shows up with force in Chapter II. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A distinguished scientific man from Petersburg whom Levin is eager to meet to discuss his work.
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In Chapter II: A distinguished scientific man from Petersburg whom Levin is eager to meet to discuss his work. Later, in Chapter III: A celebrated scholar interested in Levin's work but analyzes the peasant question…
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- Karenin Household & Associates
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- Closing
Levin reaches an emotional and intellectual crisis where his abstract, fearful understanding of death is shatt…
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See Metrov in part vi xv