Don Juan · Character
Lanskoi
A handsome young favorite of Catherine the Great who dies suddenly.
minor
First appearance: canto x
Lanskoi's tie to Catherine the Great is one of the pressures that moves Don Juan—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Russian court circle
- Protagonist
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Rising action.
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- Catherine the Great
romantic · ambivalent
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See Lanskoi in canto x