Liza Merkalova

Also known as: Liza · Family: Petersburg society · Role: guest · First appears: PART THREE · Chapter 15

PART THREE · Chapter 15

admirer: Kaluzhsky “Betsy reminded her that Liza Merkalova and Baroness Shtoltz were coming to play croquet with her that morning with their adorers, Kaluzhsky and old Stremov.”
with Betsy (Liza was scheduled to play croquet at Betsy's gathering.) “Betsy reminded her that Liza Merkalova and Baroness Shtoltz were coming to play croquet with her that morning with their adorers, Kaluzhsky and old Stremov.”

admired: Anna “She says you’re a real heroine of romance, and that if she were a man she would do all sorts of mad things for your sake.”
admirer: Stremov “Moreover, Stremov, one of the most influential people in Petersburg, and the elderly admirer of Liza Merkalova, was Alexey Alexandrovitch’s enemy in the political world.”
lovers with Prince Kaluzhsky (The passage coyly describes an ongoing romantic or sexual liaison between Liza and Kaluzhsky outside her marriage.) “The husband? Liza Merkalova’s husband carries her shawl, and is always ready to be of use. But anything more than that in reality, no one cares to inquire. You know in decent society one doesn’t talk or think even of certain details of the toilet. That’s how it is with this.”

elder kin: Stremov “Liza Merkalova was his wife’s niece, and he spent all his leisure hours with her.”
friends with Anna “Ah, how glad I am to see you!” she said, going up to her. “Yesterday at the races all I wanted was to get to you, but you’d gone away. I did so want to see you, yesterday especially.”

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