The Adolescent

Chapter Ten

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Chapter Eleven

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Chapter Twelve

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Chapter Thirteen - Conclusion

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LIST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

Russian names are composed of first name, patronymic (from the father’s first name), and family name. Formal address requires the use of first name and patronymic; diminutives (Arkasha, Lizochka, Sonya) are commonly used among family and intimate friends. The following is a list of the principal characters in The Adolescent, with diminutives and epithets. In Russian pronunciation, the stressed vowel is always long and unstressed vowels are very short.

Dolgoruky, Arkady Makarovich (Arkasha, Arkashenka, Arkashka): the adolescent, “author” of the novel.

———, Makar Ivanovich: his legal father.

———, Sofya Andreevna (Sonya, Sophie): his mother.

———, Lizaveta Makarovna (Liza, Lizochka, Lizok): his sister.

Versilov, Andrei Petrovich: natural father of Arkady and Liza.

———, Anna Andreevna: Versilov’s daughter by his first marriage.

———, Andrei Andreevich: the kammerjunker, Versilov’s son by his first marriage.

Akhmakov, Katerina Nikolaevna (Katya): young widow of General Akhmakov.

———, Lydia (no patronymic): her stepdaughter. Sokolsky, Prince Nikolai Ivanovich: the old prince, Mme. Akhmakov’s father.

Prutkov, Tatyana Pavlovna: the “aunt,” friend of the Versilov family.

Sokolsky, Prince Sergei Petrovich (Seryozha): the young prince, no relation to Prince Nikolai Ivanovich.

Lambert, Maurice: schoolfriend of Arkady’s, a Frenchman.

Verdaigne, Alphonsine de (Alphonsina, Alphonsinka): Lambert’s girlfriend.

Darya Onisimovna (no family name; her name changes to Nastasya Egorovna in Part Three): mother of the young suicide Olya (diminutive of Olga).

Vasin, Grisha (diminutive of Grigory; no patronymic): friend of Arkady’s.

Stebelkov (no first name or patronymic): Vasin’s stepfather. Pyotr Ippolitovich (no last name): Arkady’s landlord. Nikolai Semyonovich (no last name): Arkady’s tutor in Moscow.

———, Marya Ivanovna: Nikolai Semyonovich’s wife. Trishatov, Petya [i.e., Pyotr] (no patronymic): the pretty boy. Andreev, Nikolai Semyonovich: le grand dadais.

Semyon Sidorovich (Sidorych; no last name): the pockmarked one.