# Gedeonovsky — A House of Gentlefolk character guide

> Gedeonovsky in A House of Gentlefolk by Ivan Turgenev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sergei Petrovitch Gedeonovsky

**First appearance:** 0001-ii

## Who they are

A local gossip and frequent visitor to the Kalitin house.

## Relationships

### [Marya Dmitrievna Kalitin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/characters/marya_dmitrievna_kalitin)

_social_

Gedeonovsky is a gossipy, sycophantic acquaintance who frequently visits Marya Dmitrievna to share news.

### [Marya Dmitrievna Kalitin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/characters/marya_dmitrievna_kalitin)

_social_

Gedeonovsky is a gossipy, sycophantic acquaintance who frequently visits Marya Dmitrievna to share news.

### [Marya Dmitrievna Kalitin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/characters/marya_dmitrievna_kalitin)

_social_

Gedeonovsky is a gossipy, sycophantic acquaintance who frequently visits Marya Dmitrievna to share news.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/i)

Expected visitor; a councillor and village priest's son, known for his flattery and lying, though Marya Dmitrievna defends him as agreeable.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/ii)

Brings the news of Lavretsky's return, gossips about Lavretsky's wife, and engages in flattery with Marya Dmitrievna.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/iv)

Flatters Panshin and accompanies Marya Dmitrievna for a walk to discuss Lavretsky.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/vii)

Observes the scene quietly and leaves to spread news of Lavretsky's arrival.

### [XXXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xxxix)

Arrives as a page announces him; he is thrown into confusion by Varvara Pavlovna but later praises her piano playing and joins in card play.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_house_of_gentlefolk_se/chapters/xl)

A guest who yawns during the music, later escorts Varvara home and is teased by her with a flirtatious foot press and a laugh.

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