Venden

Role: government clerk · First appears: PART TWO · Chapter 5

Life events

The colonel orders Petritsky and Prince Kedrov to accompany Vronsky in apologizing to Venden.(PART TWO · Chapter 5)
- With: Vronsky Petritsky Prince Kedrov
- “They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”
Vronsky mediates the dispute, partially softening Venden’s feelings while leaving the outcome uncertain.(PART TWO · Chapter 5)
- With: Vronsky Petritsky Prince Kedrov
- “And these two influences were not in fact without effect; though the result remained, as Vronsky had described, uncertain.”
The colonel decides not to pursue the complaint further.(PART TWO · Chapter 5 · 📍 French theater)
- With: Vronsky Petritsky Prince Kedrov
- “The colonel, thinking it all over, made up his mind not to pursue the matter further”

with Vronsky (Vronsky acted as mediator for Venden's complaint.) “Vronsky saw all the thanklessness of the business, and that there could be no question of a duel in it, that everything must be done to soften the government clerk, and hush the matter up. The colonel had called in Vronsky just because he knew him to be an honorable and intelligent man, and, more than all, a man who cared for the honor of the regiment. They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”
with Petritsky (Petritsky apologizes to Venden for insulting his wife.) “They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”
with Prince Kedrov (Kedrov apologizes to Venden for insulting his wife.) “They talked it over, and decided that Petritsky and Kedrov must go with Vronsky to Venden’s to apologize.”

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