THE NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK
DMITRI NIKOLA’ITCH RU’DIN.
DAR-YA MIHA’ILOVNA LASU’NSKY.
NATA’L-YA ALEX-YE’VNA.
MIHA’ILO MIHA’ILITCH LE’ZH-NYOV (MISHA).
ALEXANDRA PA’VLOVNA LI’PIN (SASHA).
SERGEI (pron, Sergay) PA’VLITCH VOLI’NT-SEV (SEREZHA).
KONSTANTIN DIOMIDITCH PANDALE’VSKY.
AFRICAN SEME’NITCH PIGA’SOV.
BASSI’STOFF.
MLLE. BONCOURT.
In transcribing the Russian names into English—
a has the sound of a in father. er,, air. i,, ee. u,, oo. y is always consonantal except when it is the last letter of the word. g is always hard.