Short Fiction · Character
Sonpolyev
Sonpolyev is the man at the edge of the gathering — polite, watchful, and quietly certain that everyone else is performing for his benefit.
supporting
First appearance: short fiction
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A man of action who feels a strange hatred for Garmonov and attempts to merge their souls.
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Sonpolyev turns up in drawing rooms, dinners, and chance encounters where his mild manners let him observe without being observed. He wants to be taken seriously, and his vanity is the kind that dresses itself as…
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- Other
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- Minor social characters
- Diverse recurring and allegorical figures
- Recurring domestic characters
- Protagonist
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This is the story's dramatic climax because the old man undergoes a profound psychological reversal, abandonin…
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