Short Fiction · Character
Petrovitch
A tailor who makes Akaki's new overcoat.
minor
First appearance: The Mantle
Petrovitch shows up with force in The Mantle. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The one-eyed tailor who makes Akaki's new mantle.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Madness and overcoat characters
- St. Petersburg tales characters
- Viy story characters
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
The emotional and psychological peak occurs as the auction transforms the deceased art-lover’s cherished colle…
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