Arseny Lvov

Also known as: Arseny / Lvov · Role: husband, father, court official · First appears: PART SEVEN · Chapter 4

Life events

Arseny Lvov left diplomatic service and transferred to the department of the court of the palace in Moscow.(PART SEVEN · Chapter 4 · 📍 Moscow)
- “During the previous year he had left the diplomatic service, not owing to any ‘unpleasantness’ (he never had any ‘unpleasantness’ with anyone), and was transferred to the department of the court of the palace in Moscow, in order to give his two boys the best education possible.”

PART SEVEN · Chapter 4

married with Natalia Alexandrovna “Lvov, the husband of Natalia, Kitty’s sister, had spent all his life in foreign capitals, where he had been educated, and had been in the diplomatic service.”
friends with Levin “In spite of the striking contrast in their habits and views and the fact that Lvov was older than Levin, they had seen a great deal of one another that winter, and had taken a great liking to each other.”
child: Misha “To educate my children I positively have to look up a great deal, and in fact simply to study myself. For it’s not enough to have teachers, there must be someone to look after them, just as on your land you want laborers and an overseer. See what I’m reading”—he pointed to Buslaev’s Grammar on the desk—“it’s expected of Misha, and it’s so difficult.... Come, explain to me.... Here he says....”
with Mahotin (They are colleagues in the service.) “then Lvov’s colleague in the service, Mahotin, walked in, wearing his court uniform, to go with him to meet someone”
with Levin (They are referred to as brothers-in-law.) “Yes, yes, maman wants us, les beaux-frères, to attack him”
with Stepan Arkadyevitch (Lvov and Levin are discussing attacking Oblonsky as their brother-in-law.) “Yes, yes, maman wants us, les beaux-frères, to attack him”
with Buslaev (Buslaev is identified as the author of the grammar Arseny Lvov is reading.) “See what I’m reading”—he pointed to Buslaev’s Grammar on the desk—“it’s expected of Misha, and it’s so difficult.... Come, explain to me.... Here he says....”
with Kitty (Arseny Lvov is Kitty’s brother-in-law through his marriage to her sister Natalia.) “Lvov, the husband of Natalia, Kitty’s sister, had spent all his life in foreign capitals, where he had been educated, and had been in the diplomatic service.”

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