# Ivlev — Short Fiction character guide

> Ivlev in Short Fiction by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Love A certain Ivlev

**First appearance:** 0022-the-grammar-of-love

## Snapshot

A restless traveler passing through the countryside, Ivlev finds himself drawn into a half-told story of love that refuses to be forgotten.

## Who they are

Ivlev is a visitor to his brother-in-law's estate, riding a hired tarantass through fields of rye and flowers toward a distant region of the province. Idle and observant, he yields to the aimless contemplation that suits the rhythm of hoofbeats and bells, his curiosity piqued by the taciturn young driver beside him. When he stops at a countess's estate and hears fragments of a mysterious love, his restless attention becomes the reader's doorway into the story's haunting heart.

## Relationships

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

_romantic_

Ivlev is infatuated with Lushka, a relationship marked by longing and unfulfilled desire.

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

_romantic_

Ivlev is infatuated with Lushka, a relationship marked by longing and unfulfilled desire.

## In the story

### [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/short-fiction)

Protagonist in a story of obsessive love and memory.

### [The Grammar of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/the-grammar-of-love)

The protagonist who travels to Khvoshchinsky's estate, buys The Grammar of Love, and becomes haunted by the memory of Lushka.

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