SLAVIC 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter Book 1: Sophia Tolstaya

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Fyodor immediately takes all her money (dowry) when they get married. Greedy; tries to get adela da"s possessions along with her money but her family intervenes. Beaten by his wife (she is hot tempered, bold, impatient) Adela da runs away and leaves their child mitya in fyodor"s care. Parades his woes with embellishments (the "injured husband") after she leaves. Adela da dies in petersburg before fyodor can find her: 8: "people, even the wicked, are much more na ve and simple-hearted than we suppose" Fyodor gives up mitya because he forgot about him. Servant of the family, grigory, takes care of mitya while fyodor expresses his grievances to the town: pyotr alexandrovitch mi sov: cousin of adela da. Wants to take over mitya"s education > fyodor didn"t even know mitya was in the house. Leaves to paris and leaves mitya in the care of one of his cousins. He, too, soon forgets about his "son: mitya"s full name: dmitri fyodorovitch.

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