Marcus Karenin

Fowler

Fowler and Marcus Karenin share a deep intellectual camaraderie, often debating the future of society and science.

Rachel Borken

Marcus Karenin and Rachel Borken share a deep, emotionally charged romantic bond, marked by mutual admiration and intellectual connection.

Gardener

The Gardener and Marcus Karenin share a quiet, reflective friendship, often discussing philosophy and the natural world.

Kahn

Kahn and Marcus Karenin are intellectual and political rivals, clashing over the direction of post-war reconstruction.

The Woman at the Window

Marcus Karenin is fascinated and haunted by The Woman at the Window, who symbolizes an unattainable ideal or obsession.

Edith Haydon

Edith Haydon and Marcus Karenin are close friends and intellectual allies, supporting each other through personal and societal upheavals.

The Woman at the Window

Marcus Karenin is fascinated and haunted by The Woman at the Window, who symbolizes an unattainable ideal or obsession.

Fowler

Fowler and Marcus Karenin share a deep intellectual camaraderie, often debating the future of society and science.

Rachel Borken

Marcus Karenin and Rachel Borken share a deep, emotionally charged romantic bond, marked by mutual admiration and intellectual connection.

Kahn

Kahn and Marcus Karenin are intellectual and political rivals, clashing over the direction of post-war reconstruction.

Fowler

Fowler and Marcus Karenin share a deep intellectual camaraderie, often debating the future of society and science.

Rachel Borken

Marcus Karenin and Rachel Borken share a deep, emotionally charged romantic bond, marked by mutual admiration and intellectual connection.

The World Set Free

Undergoes a transformative operation and envisions a new world order.

Prelude: The Sun Snarers

Karenin is a visionary leader who undergoes a transformative operation and plays a key role in the establishment of the World Republic.

IV: The New Phase

A Russian congenital cripple who dominates the educational committee of the World Republic, overseeing the mental and spiritual reconstruction of society.

§ X

Dominant figure on the educational committee; a congenital cripple who advocated self-abnegation and universal education based on the principle 'Whosoever would save his soul shall lose it.'

§ XI

Credited with bringing religion back into the texture of human life, seeing it as a common necessity and rephrasing it for the new age.

The Last Days of Marcus Karenin

Central figure; reflects on his life, the past, and the future of humanity while awaiting a risky operation.

§ I

Arrives at the Himalayan surgical station for his second operation, reflects on his completed work and the scenery.

§ II

The patient, facing a risky operation with serene acceptance, reflecting on his own physical defects and the future of human health.

§ III

Awakens on his last day before surgery, contemplates death and the fear of a diminished survival, and discusses his legacy with Gardener.

§ IV

The central figure, lying ill, reflecting on the old world and the necessity of atomic destruction.

§ V

Leads a philosophical discussion on the inevitability of scientific progress and the role of historical context in shaping individuals like Bismarck.

§ VI

Karenin rests, wakes, deals with administrative matters, and then participates in a discussion about love and women's place in the new world.

§ VII

Leads the discussion on unspecialising sex and abolishing the sexual heroine; argues for thinking in relation to the sun and stars.

§ VIII

Leads the conversation, expressing optimism about scientific progress and humanity's potential for self-modification and space exploration.

§ IX

Central figure; reflects on his operation and the collective human spirit.

§ X

The central figure of the chapter, who desires solitude before his operation, contemplates the stars and the moon, undergoes surgery, and dies from a post-operative complication.