# Breve — Resurrection character guide

> Breve in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0039-xxxvi

## Who they are

A prison official who assists Nekhludoff.

## In the story

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

The public prosecutor, a Conservative, is unprepared for the poisoning case due to a night of card playing and drinking. He is delaying the Skoptzý case to ensure conviction by a peasant jury.

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