War and Peace · primary
Mary Hendríkhovna
fictional · female
The wife of the regimental doctor, a pretty young German woman.
Appearances
- First: Book NINE · Chapter XII · ¶ 18
- Latest: Book NINE · Chapter XIII · ¶ 22
Relationships
Marriage · the doctor
“her husband, the doctor, lay asleep behind her.”
Romantic attraction · Nicholas Rostov
“All the officers appeared to be, and really were, in love with her that evening.”
Romantic attraction · Ilyín
“All the officers appeared to be, and really were, in love with her that evening.”
Quotations
“Mary Hendríkhovna’s there.”
“Mary Hendríkhovna, a plump little blonde German, in a dressing jacket and nightcap, was sitting on a broad bench in the front corner.”
“Leave him alone,” said Mary Hendríkhovna, smiling timidly and happily.”
“All the officers appeared to be, and really were, in love with her that evening.”
“Rostóv received his tumbler, and adding some rum to it asked Mary Hendríkhovna to stir it.”
“Returning from the yard, the doctor told his wife (who had ceased to smile so happily, and looked at him in alarm, awaiting her sentence)”