# Missy — Resurrection character guide

> Missy in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the smiling Missy

**First appearance:** 0005-ii

## Snapshot

A handsome, blushing society beauty whose hat fits like a skin, and whose expectations of Nekhludoff quietly collapse as he turns toward prisons instead of drawing rooms.

## Who they are

Missy moves through her mother's brilliant at-homes with the ease of a woman raised to be admired and matched well. She blushes when Nekhludoff appears, frowns when he is distant, and cannot understand why he is busying himself with prisoners instead of with her. Her wounded vanity measures the distance between the life Nekhludoff is leaving behind and the one he is choosing.

## Relationships

### [Anna Ignatievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/anna_ignatievna)

_friendship_

Anna Ignatievna is a close friend or confidante of Missy, offering emotional support and social companionship.

### [The Officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_officer)

_social_

Missy and the Officer are acquaintances within the military-social elite, with no deep personal connection.

### [Anna Ignatievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/anna_ignatievna)

_friendship_

Anna Ignatievna is a close friend or confidante of Missy, offering emotional support and social companionship.

### [The Officer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/the_officer)

_social_

Missy and the Officer are acquaintances within the military-social elite, with no deep personal connection.

## In the story

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

Writes a note reminding Nekhlúdoff of his jury duty and inviting him to dinner.

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

Missy is the woman Nekhlúdoff considers marrying; he reflects on her qualities and his mixed feelings about the match.

### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxvi)

Anxious to marry Nekhlúdoff; notices his distraction and tries to extract his intentions.

### [Chapter XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxvii)

Holds Nekhlúdoff's hand longer than usual, anxious about his withdrawal and the implications for their relationship.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxviii)

Nekhlúdoff feels bound to her but decides he cannot marry her, viewing their relationship as false.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Nekhlúdoff reflects that marriage to her is now impossible given his moral awakening.

### [LVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/lvii)

Present at the social gathering, she blushes upon seeing Nekhlúdoff and invites him to visit her mother.

### [Chapter XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxxix)

Missy is part of the Korchágin family procession through the station. She exchanges greetings with Nekhlúdoff and Nathalie.

### [XLII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xlii)

Part of the Korchágin party leaving the station.

## Links

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