Resurrection · Character

Novodvoroff

A political exile and revolutionary leader.

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First appearance: iv

Novodvoroff shows up with force in III. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Mentioned as one of Mary Pávlovna's companions who says she devotes herself to philanthropic amusements.

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III
Mentioned as one of Mary Pávlovna's companions who says she devotes herself to philanthropic amusements.
XI
Sitting with Grábetz; he greets Nekhlúdoff with apparent irony, which Nekhlúdoff dislikes.
XII
Referenced as Kondrátieff's ideological mentor; Kondrátieff accepts his arguments as unanswerable truths.
XIII
In love with the pretty, smiling Grábetz.
XIV
Argues that the masses worship power and that revolutionaries should not expect help from them; dismisses Kryltzóff's sentimentality.
XV
A revolutionary leader driven by ambition, self-assured, and disdainful of Nekhlúdoff's independent views.
Chapter XVIII
Comments on Nevéroff's nature as a poet and dreamer, contrasting his own systematic approach to solitary confinement.

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