Futility · Character

Vera

A named female character with limited but notable appearances.

minor

Also known as Vera

First appearance: I

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With Fanny Ivanovna (friendship): Fanny and Vera are close friends who confide in each other about their romantic troubles. With Fanny Ivanovna (friendship): Fanny and Vera are close friends who confide in each other…

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Character Web

24 connections

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Relationship types

Friendship
Other

Character groups

Siberian Intervention Characters
Protagonist

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Fanny Ivanovna
friendship · positive
Fanny Ivanovna
friendship · positive
Fanny Ivanovna
friendship · positive

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In the story

Vera appears across 13 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

I
The narrator thinks of Vera, one of the three sisters who departed for Shanghai.
II
The youngest sister, aged fourteen, who introduces herself last.
III
Sulky and defensive, denies telling the narrator about the parents' marital status, and is described as different from her elder sisters.
IV
Bids farewell to the departing sisters with no excess of emotion.
VII
Sits mute in the corner, learns she is Eisenstein's daughter, and later weeps, expressing hatred for him.
VIII
Returns to Petersburg and joins the sisters in urging Fanny to see their mother.
IX
Present at the theatre in the box opposite the narrator's party.
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On the balcony laughing; the narrator plans for her to stay with Fanny and Nikolai.
III
One of the three sisters; musically an unknown quantity.
III
Appears radiant and bashful in a new frock, dances with Holdcroft.
III
Appears in the drawing-room and is involved in the banter about the burst spring.
IV
Vera is at the Olenins' chatting with the three American boys.
VI
One of the three sisters; her eyes are red from crying during the farewell.

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