destinies? Hard and bitter is the shaping of nations. Uvar Ivanovitch
still fixes his enigmatical stare into the far distance.

EDWARD GARNETT

January 1895.





THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK

NIKOLA'I [Nicolas] ARTE'MYEVITCH STA'HOV.

A'NNA VASSI'LYEVNA.

ELE'NA [LE'NOTCHKA, Helene] NIKOLA'EVNA.

ZO'YA [Zoe] NIKI'TISHNA MU'LLER.

ANDRE'I PETRO'VITCH BERSE'NYEV.

PA'VEL [Paul] YA'KOVLITCH (or YA'KOVITCH) SHU'BIN.

DMI'TRI NIKANO'ROVITCH (or NIKANO'RITCH) INSA'ROV.

YEGO'R ANDRE'ITCH KURNATO'VSKY.

UVA'R IVA'NOVITCH STA'HOV.