Resurrection (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Leo Tolstoy
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Setting: Russia
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Justice, Prisoners, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Prostitution or prostitutes, Guilt, Trials, Russia or Russian people, Siberia or Siberians
- Locales: Moscow, Russia, Siberia, St. Petersburg, Russia
Characters Discussed
Prince Dmítri Ivánovitch Nekhlúdoff (DMIH-tree ee- VAH-noh-vihch neh-KHLEW-dov), a gentleman. At a trial in which he is serving as a juror, he is astonished to see that the defendant is the falsely accused Katúsha Máslova, whom he had seduced in the past. When Katúsha is sentenced to hard labor in Siberia, his pity for her in the life to which he has driven her leads him to a period of self-examination, from which he emerges regarding his life as empty and degenerate and feeling a need to cleanse his soul. Determined to follow the prisoner to Siberia...
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