# Anna Petrovna — The Dark Forest character guide

> Anna Petrovna in The Dark Forest by Hugh Walpole.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sister Anna Petrovna, One Sister

**First appearance:** 0002-the-dark-forest

## Who they are

A nurse in the unit, one of the sisters.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anna Petrovna shares a tender, emotionally charged connection with the narrator, marked by mutual affection and unspoken longing.

### [John Trenchard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/john_trenchard)

_friendship_

Anna Petrovna and John Trenchard share a warm, supportive friendship, often acting as confidants and protectors of one another.

### [Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/alexei_petrovitch_semyonov)

_family_

Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov and Anna Petrovna are siblings, bound by blood but strained by his manipulative and dangerous nature.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anna Petrovna shares a tender, emotionally charged connection with the narrator, marked by mutual affection and unspoken longing.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anna Petrovna shares a tender, emotionally charged connection with the narrator, marked by mutual affection and unspoken longing.

### [Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/alexei_petrovitch_semyonov)

_family_

Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov and Anna Petrovna are siblings, bound by blood but strained by his manipulative and dangerous nature.

### [Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/characters/alexei_petrovitch_semyonov)

_family_

Alexei Petrovitch Semyonov and Anna Petrovna are siblings, bound by blood but strained by his manipulative and dangerous nature.

## In the story

### [IV: Nikitin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/chapters/part-i-iv-nikitin)

Cited as an example of someone who would argue war has no effect on the soul.

### [II: Marie Ivanovna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_dark_forest_se/chapters/part-ii-ii-marie-ivanovna)

Anna Petrovna accompanies the narrator to the cholera village and is later present at the celebration, distracted by the dinner cooking.

## Links

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