# Andrei Andreiech — Futility character guide

> Andrei Andreiech in Futility by William Gerhardie.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andrei Andreiech

**First appearance:** 0005-i

## Snapshot

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

## Who they are

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.

## Relationships

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

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Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.

### [Sonia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/sonia)

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Andrei and Sonia are warm friends who often discuss their mutual concerns about Nikolai.

### [Sonia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/sonia)

_friendship_

Andrei and Sonia are warm friends who often discuss their mutual concerns about Nikolai.

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

_friendship_

Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.

### [Nikolai Vasilievich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/characters/nikolai_vasilievich)

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Andrei is a loyal friend and confidant to Nikolai, often supporting him through his troubles.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/v)

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

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/vi)

The narrator, who feels misused upon learning he is not the only confidant of Fanny's secret.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/viii)

The narrator, who encounters Magda and listens to her confession, learning more about the family's legal and emotional entanglements.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/xi)

The narrator listens to Fanny Ivanovna and offers suggestions, then reflects alone by the river.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/ii)

The narrator, observing and inquiring about the family's situation.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/iii)

The canary is named after him; he is also mentioned as being at the office or with Zina.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/futility_se/chapters/iv)

Andrei Andreiech is said to be smitten with Nina and wants to marry her.

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