Sergey Alexyevitch

Also known as: Sergey / Seryozha · Role: schoolboy · First appears: PART SEVEN · Chapter 19

Life events

After recovering from a serious illness, Sergey Alexyevitch was sent to school and regained his strength.(PART SEVEN · Chapter 19)
- With: Karenin
- “But with rational treatment, and sea-bathing in the summer, he regained his strength, and now, by the doctor’s advice, I have let him go to school.”
Stepan Arkadyevitch’s question about Anna distressed Sergey Alexyevitch and caused him to withdraw.(PART SEVEN · Chapter 19)
- With: Stepan Arkadyevitch
- “‘Do you remember your mother?’ he asked suddenly. ‘No, I don’t,’ Seryozha said quickly. He blushed crimson, and his face clouded over.”

elder kin: Stepan Arkadyevitch (Stepan is Sergey’s uncle.) “Stepan Arkadyevitch saw now that it was no good to dream of that, but still he was glad to see his nephew.”
parent: Karenin (Alexey Alexandrovitch is identified as the boy’s father.) “Alexey Alexandrovitch reminded his brother-in-law that they never spoke to the boy of his mother, and he begged him not to mention a single word about her. ‘He was very ill after that interview with his mother, which we had not foreseen,’ said Alexey Alexandrovitch. ‘Indeed, we feared for his life. But with rational treatment, and sea-bathing in the summer, he regained his strength, and now, by the doctor’s advice, I have let him go to school. And certainly the companionship of school has had a good effect on him, and he is perfectly well, and making good progress.’ ... The boy went up to his father and handed him a note of the marks he had gained in school.”
parent: Anna (Anna is identified as the mother seeking custody of her son Sergey.) “Anna asked me to see him too,” he thought. And he recalled the timid, piteous expression with which Anna had said to him at parting: “Anyway, you will see him. Find out exactly where he is, who is looking after him. And Stiva ... if it were possible! Could it be possible?” Stepan Arkadyevitch knew what was meant by that “if it were possible,”—if it were possible to arrange the divorce so as to let her have her son....”

Extracted from the original text of Anna Karenina. Made with Rho MD.