Footnotes and Tangents

Footnotes and Tangents

Marginalia

Alphonse Karlovich Berg

Vera's German-born suitor

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Simon Haisell
Jan 01, 2024
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Lieutenant Alphonse Karlovich Berg, an officer in the Semyonov regiment.

BOOK ONE

Book 1, Part 1

Chapter 11

Berg is mentioned twice by Natasha as a man who is interested in Vera: “Go and flirt with Berg as much as you please.”

Chapter 15

Here he is, “irreproachably washed” and full of “youthful egotism”. He loves talking about himself and, indeed, talks about little else. He has his eye on career advancement and is Vera’s “intended.”

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