Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova

Aliases

le terrible dragon · Márya Dmítrievna · Márya

Appearances

• First: Book ONE · Chapter XVIII · ¶ 1
• Latest: Book ELEVEN · Chapter VII · ¶ 5

Relationships

• Family (aunt) · Natásha Rostóva

  “Cossack!” she said threateningly.”

• Patronage · Natásha Rostóva

  “I’ll take them where they must go, scold them a bit, and pet them a bit,” said Márya Dmítrievna, touching her goddaughter and favorite, Natásha, on the cheek with her large hand.”

• Mentor · Natásha Rostóva

  “Now listen! You know that old Prince Nicholas much dislikes his son’s marrying. The old fellow’s crotchety! Of course Prince Andrew is not a child and can shift without him, but it’s not nice to enter a family against a father’s will.”

  “Well, friends, I have now thought the whole matter over and this is my advice,” she began.”

• Student · Natásha Rostóva

  “Now listen! You know that old Prince Nicholas much dislikes his son’s marrying. The old fellow’s crotchety! Of course Prince Andrew is not a child and can shift without him, but it’s not nice to enter a family against a father’s will.”

  “Well, friends, I have now thought the whole matter over and this is my advice,” she began.”

Quotations

• “They were expecting Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova, known in society as le terrible dragon...”

• “Márya Dmítrievna entered the room.”

• “Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova, who had long been pressing her hospitality on them.”

• “Márya Dmítrievna, with her spectacles hanging down on her nose and her head flung back, stood in the hall doorway looking with a stern, grim face at the new arrivals.”

• “I’ll take them where they must go, scold them a bit, and pet them a bit,” said Márya Dmítrievna, touching her goddaughter and favorite, Natásha, on the cheek with her large hand.”

• “Only Márya Dmítrievna Akhrosímova, who had come to Petersburg that summer to see one of her sons”

• “Though people were afraid of Márya Dmítrievna she was regarded in Petersburg as a buffoon”