# Praskovya Petrovna — Short Fiction character guide

> Praskovya Petrovna in Short Fiction by Fyodor Sologub.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Praskovya

**First appearance:** 0001-short-fiction

## Who they are

A female character with limited appearances.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/v)

The gruff, sturdy domestic; a widow of forty-five whose stony face and silent knitting prompt Volodya's musings about her past.

### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/xxviii)

Opens the door for Volodya and looks at him with moroseness and hostility.

### [Morning Shadows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/xxx)

Her approach interrupts Eugenia Stepanovna's shadow play, triggering a return to fear and sadness.

### [The Glimmer of Hunger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_20_se/chapters/the-glimmer-of-hunger)

Moshkin's landlady; taunts him for unpaid rent, described with three triangular features.

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