# The Englishman — Resurrection character guide

> The Englishman in Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0051-xlviii

## Who they are

A foreign visitor touring the prison system.

## Relationships

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

_professional_

The Englishman and the General engage in official or diplomatic business, likely related to legal or administrative matters.

### [Menshoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/menshoff)

_professional_

Menshoff and the Englishman have a formal interaction, possibly with the Englishman acting as an investigator or observer.

### [Menshoff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/characters/menshoff)

_professional_

Menshoff and the Englishman have a formal interaction, possibly with the Englishman acting as an investigator or observer.

## In the story

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxiv)

Dines at the General's, discusses Gladstone with Nekhlúdoff, and plans to visit the prison in the evening.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/resurrection_se/chapters/xxv)

Accompanies Nekhlúdoff to the prison, asks the inspector questions, and later wishes to see the cells.

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

Visits the prison to study exile conditions and to preach salvation, distributing Testaments to the prisoners.

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

Accompanies Nekhlúdoff, asks questions about law and punishment, and views the mortuary.

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

The Englishman gave Nekhlúdoff a Testament as a remembrance, which Nekhlúdoff reads during this chapter.

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