# Khinyakov — Short Fiction character guide

> Khinyakov in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A minor character appearing in a story of social observation.

## In the story

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

The protagonist, a sickly, despairing man living in a cellar, haunted by death and struggling to face each day.

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

Lies in his cold room, weeping with a sense of pity for all mankind and a feeling of rebirth, but is also a wreck of a man, lonely and waiting for death.

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