Short Fiction · Character
Pavel Petrovich Pospeloff
A character facing misfortune or poverty.
minor
Also known as Pavel Petrovich, Pavel, Poor Pavel
First appearance: short fiction
Pavel Petrovich Pospeloff shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Ivan Savvich, Sashka's father, is a former tutor and statistician now suffering from consumption, who secretly supports Sashka and uses craft to persuade him to go to the…
Pavel Petrovich Pospeloff first appears in 0001 short fiction.
In I: Ivan Savvich, Sashka's father, is a former tutor and statistician now suffering from consumption, who secretly supports Sashka and uses craft to persuade him to go to the Svetchnikovs.
Later, in III: The fat pig at whom the narrator directs his trick; he is disgusted by his eating and makes him the target.
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Character groups
- Misfortune and Diminutive Figures
- Authority and Enigmatic Women
- Social Standing and Dark Human Nature
- Military and Religious Authority
- Minor and Support Characters
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