# Old Levas — Short Fiction character guide

> Old Levas in Short Fiction by Guy de Maupassant.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur Levas, Levas

**First appearance:** 0003-short-fiction

## Who they are

An old man whose death becomes a source of morbid curiosity and family conflict.

## In the story

### [A Christmas Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-christmas-tale)

The blacksmith who finds the egg on the road and brings it home, leading to his wife's possession.

### [A Walk](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_23_se/chapters/a-walk)

The protagonist, a 40-year bookkeeper whose life of routine and isolation leads him to a moment of devastating clarity and eventual suicide.

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