Un the English novel the Count is probably a baronet and he likes being a Baronet, roams the country being mean and a bit of a drunk who finds himself when he meets ‘her’. In Russia the Count is rich and depressed who thinks the horses he owns have more freedom than he does and he is the real beast of burden. In France he doesn’t know he’s a count and has all sorts is miserable life experiences until someone proves he is the real count and then when he has all the money they ask what he will do and he raises his right hand and laughs, ‘now I will be a painter.’. In Spain he leaves Spain for Mexico and is never heard of again because you cease to exist if you emigrate from Spain. In Germany the Count gambles away his money and becomes a hero n the battlefield.
