# Metrov — Anna Karenina character guide

> Metrov in Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0171-part-vi-xv

## Who they are

A professor whose lecture on biology Levin attends with Katavasov.

## In the story

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_karenina_se/chapters/part-vii-ii)

A distinguished scientific man from Petersburg whom Levin is eager to meet to discuss his work.

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

A celebrated scholar interested in Levin's work but analyzes the peasant question through the conventional lens of capital, wages, and rent, frustrating Levin.

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