# Alexis Konstantinovich Saveloff — Short Fiction character guide

> Alexis Konstantinovich Saveloff in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alexis, Alexis Konstantinovich, Saveloff, the murdered Saveloff

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

## Who they are

A murder victim whose death sets a plot in motion.

## In the story

### [Short Fiction](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/short-fiction)

Target of Dr. Kerzhentseff's murder plot.

### [A Dilemma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/a-dilemma)

Victim of the murder perpetrated by Dr. Kerzhentseff.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/i)

The victim, a writer and friend of the narrator, described as handsome but shallow, with a weak talent.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ii)

The intended victim of the narrator's murder plot.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

Dismisses the narrator's fit with a single question and turns away, showing indifference.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/v)

The victim; Kerzhentseff kills him with a paperweight in his own drawing-room.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vi)

Mentioned as the victim of the murder; his voice is imagined by Kerzhentseff.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/vii)

The victim of the murder Kerzhentseff discusses.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/viii)

The victim of Dr. Kerzhentseff's murder; referred to as dead and decomposing.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/iii)

The protagonist, who rejects his former identity as 'fine' and experiences a crisis of meaning, contemplating his past sacrifices and his new relationship with Liuba.

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