CHARACTERS
VALENTÍN PÁVLYCH BABÁYEV[1], a young landowner
[Footnote 1: womanish]
LEV RODIÓNYCH KRASNÓV, a shopkeeper, about thirty years of age
TATYÁNA DANÍLOVNA (called TÁNYA), his wife
LUKÉRYA DANÍLOVNA ZHMIGÚLIN (called, LÚSHA), her sister, an old maid and daughter of a government clerk now dead.
ARKHÍP, blind old man, grandfather of KRASNÓV
AFÓNYA (AFANÁSY), invalid boy about eighteen years of age, brother of
KRASNÓV
MANÚYLO KALÍNYCH KÚRITSYN, flour dealer about forty-five years of age
ULYÁNA RODIÓNOVNA KÚRITSYNA, his wife, sister of KRASNÓV
SHISHGÁLEV, government clerk
ZÁYCHIKHA (called PROKÓFYEVNA), landlady of the lodgings taken by
BABÁYEV
KARP, BABÁYEV'_s attendant
The action takes place in a district town_.