# Polkanikha — Short Fiction character guide

> Polkanikha in Short Fiction by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** this Polkanikha

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

## Who they are

A minor female character, possibly a widow or elder.

## In the story

### [A Goodly Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_30_se/chapters/a-goodly-life)

The gossip who spreads news of the narrator's intentions and later reports the cripple's suicide.

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