# Ivan Bunin — Short Fiction character guide

> Ivan Bunin in Short Fiction by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ivan

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

## Who they are

The author appears as a character or narrator in some stories.

## Relationships

### [Lushka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/characters/lushka)

_psychological_

Ivan Bunin is obsessed with Lushka, viewing her as a muse or object of fixation in his artistic life.

### [Kiriushka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/characters/kiriushka)

_professional_

Ivan Bunin employs or interacts with Kiriushka as a servant or worker on his estate.

### [Lushka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/characters/lushka)

_psychological_

Ivan Bunin is obsessed with Lushka, viewing her as a muse or object of fixation in his artistic life.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/i)

A stupid but self-proclaimed clever farm hand who scoffs at everything and wears a blue blouse.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/ii)

Criticizes Pashka's actions as foolish, suggesting a more proper procedure for handling the dead body.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/iii)

The schoolboy who listens and pictures a murdered Georgian.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/iv)

Lies silently, deeming it beneath his dignity to be interested in fools, and calls for sleep.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/v)

Ivan sleeps with a morose face; his mother is dying slowly in a filthy hut, and his wife nurses a child covered in flies.

### [The Dreams of Chang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/the-dreams-of-chang)

The artist who takes Chang in after the captain's death, showing compassion.

### [A Compatriot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/a-compatriot)

The guest from Russia and narrator, observing and reflecting on Zotov's character and life.

## Links

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