# Sónya — The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories character guide

> Sónya in The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Sónya, Sónya Petróvna

**First appearance:** 0012-family-happiness

## Who they are

A character in 'Family Happiness', the younger sister of the narrator Márya.

## In the story

### [Family Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/family-happiness)

The narrator's younger sister, also in mourning, wearing a black frock.

### [The Porcelain Doll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-porcelain-doll209)

The narrator's wife, who undergoes a surreal physical transformation into a porcelain doll, retaining her appearance but becoming fragile, immobile, and inanimate.

### [The Decembrists](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-decembrists)

The daughter of the traveling family, characterized by her youthful, infectious laughter and involvement in the hotel arrival scene.

### [The Wisdom of Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/leo_tolstoy_short_fiction_se/chapters/the-wisdom-of-children)

A girl of six, who declares that whoever calls another a fool is a fool themselves, exposing the hypocrisy in the adults' behavior.

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