# Semen Mossyagin — Short Fiction character guide

> Semen Mossyagin in Short Fiction by Leonid Andreyev.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mossyagin, Semen

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

## Who they are

A peasant character facing moral dilemmas.

## In the story

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

A peasant who comes to confession; his life is marked by absurd suffering and resilience, challenging the priest with his paradoxical existence.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/ix)

Gets work from Ivan Porfyritch after Father Vassily's request, having been near starvation.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/xi)

The farmhand who dies after being buried in sand; his body is discovered with sand stuffed in his mouth.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_34_se/chapters/xii)

The deceased; his corpse is the focus of the funeral and the hallucination.

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