Short Fiction · Character
Stepanida
An elderly grandmother figure, often called Babushka.
minor
Also known as the babushka Stepanida, Babushka Stepanida, Babushka
First appearance: short fiction
Stepanida shows up with force in XV. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Stepanida calls out to Glasha from the kitchen window, asking why she neighs like a horse, but receives no reply.
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In XV: Stepanida calls out to Glasha from the kitchen window, asking why she neighs like a horse, but receives no reply. Later, in XVIII: A buxom, red-cheeked maid attending to the samovar at the bottom of the stairs,…
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Recurring domestic characters
- Domestic female characters
- Diverse recurring and allegorical figures
- Focal and household figures
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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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