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Andrei Andreiech

The trusted confidant to whom Petersburg's muddled families pour their grievances, he listens as fathers weep over daughters and households quietly come undone.

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Also known as Andrei Andreiech

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The listener to Fanny's confession, asking questions about the children and Vera.

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Andrei Andreiech moves through the Bursanov circle as the friend everyone confides in, the steady ear for a mother's outrage over spying daughters and a father's perplexed grief at the theatre. His role is to absorb the contradictions of people whose lives are, as one of them admits, hopelessly tangled, and to try to be a friend to all those helpless, charming, kindhearted people. Through his patient attention, the novel's domestic chaos becomes legible and human.

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Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Nikolai Vasilievich
friendship · positive
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his… How this plays out →
Sonia
friendship · positive
Sonia
friendship · positive
Nikolai Vasilievich
friendship · positive
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his… How this plays out →
Nikolai Vasilievich
friendship · positive
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his… How this plays out →

Nikolai Vasilievich
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.
Sonia
Andrei and Sonia are warm friends who often discuss their mutual concerns about Nikolai.
Sonia
Andrei and Sonia are warm friends who often discuss their mutual concerns about Nikolai.
Nikolai Vasilievich
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.
Nikolai Vasilievich
Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.

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V
The listener to Fanny's confession, asking questions about the children and Vera.
VI
The narrator, who feels misused upon learning he is not the only confidant of Fanny's secret.
VIII
The narrator, who encounters Magda and listens to her confession, learning more about the family's legal and emotional entanglements.
XI
The narrator listens to Fanny Ivanovna and offers suggestions, then reflects alone by the river.
II
The narrator, observing and inquiring about the family's situation.
III
The canary is named after him; he is also mentioned as being at the office or with Zina.
IV
Andrei Andreiech is said to be smitten with Nina and wants to marry her.

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