# Varvara Pavlovna Lavretsky — A House of Gentlefolk character guide

> Varvara Pavlovna Lavretsky in A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Varvara Pavlovna, Pavlovna, Varvara

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

Lavretsky's beautiful but unfaithful wife, whose betrayal drives the plot.

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