# LV explained — Resurrection

> Chapter companion for Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy.

## What happens

Nekhlúdoff meets Véra Doúkhova in prison, who recounts her revolutionary activities and asks him to intercede for her friends, including a girl who falsely confessed to shooting a gendarme. She also advises him to have Máslova transferred to the political ward or hospital.

## Themes in this chapter

### Revolution and Resistance

Véra Doúkhova's detailed account of her revolutionary activities and the girl who falsely confessed to shooting a gendarme highlight the themes of political resistance and sacrifice.

## Character check-ins

### Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhludoff

Visits Véra Doúkhova in prison and listens to her revolutionary story and requests.

### Vera Doukhova

Thin, yellow, with large kind eyes; recounts her involvement in the Nardovólstvo and asks Nekhlúdoff to help her friends.

### Katerina Maslova

Mentioned by Véra Doúkhova, who advises Nekhlúdoff to have her transferred to the political ward or hospital.

## Key lines

> Through a door, at the back of the room, entered, with a wriggling gait, the thin, yellow Véra Doúkhova, with her large, kind eyes.

Véra Doúkhova, thin and yellow-skinned, entered through a rear door with a wriggling walk, her large, kind eyes prominent.

_Describes Véra Doúkhova's appearance and entrance._

> She told him all the secrets of the Nardovólstvo , 20 evidently convinced that he was pleased to hear them.

She shared all the secrets of the Nardovólstvo, clearly believing he was interested in hearing them.

_Highlights her trust in Nekhlúdoff and her revolutionary fervor._

> When an inquiry was instituted, this girl said that it was she who had fired, although she had never had a revolver in her hands, and would not have hurt a fly.

During the investigation, the girl claimed she fired the shot, even though she had never held a revolver and would never harm anyone.

_Illustrates the altruistic self-sacrifice of the general's daughter._

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