CHARACTERS
GORDÉY KÁRPYCH TORTSÓV, a rich merchant.
PELAGÉYA EGÓROVNA, his wife.
LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA, his daughter.
LYUBÍM KÁRPYCH TORTSÓV, his brother, a man who has squandered his property.
AFRIKÁN SÁVVICH KÓRSHUNOV[1], a manufacturer.
[Footnote 1: Vulture]
MÍTYA, TORTSÓV'S clerk.
YÁSHA GÚSLIN, nephew of TORTSÓV.
GRÍSHA RAZLYULYÁYEV, a young merchant, the son of a rich father.
ANNA IVÁNOVNA, a young widow.
MÁSHA } } friends of LYUBÓV TORTSÓV. LÍZA }
EGÓRUSHKA, a boy, distant relative of TORTSÓV.
ARÍNA, nurse of LYUBÓV GORDÉYEVNA.
GUESTS, SERVANTS, MUMMERS, AND OTHERS.
The action takes place in a district town in the house of the merchant TORTSÓV during the Christmas holidays.