Short Fiction · Character
The Colonel's Wife
The wife of a colonel in the quarrel story.
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First appearance: i ivan ivanovitch and ivan nikiforovitch
The Colonel's Wife shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Taras's wife, grief-stricken at the imminent separation from her sons.
The Colonel's Wife first appears in 0029 i ivan ivanovitch and ivan nikiforovitch.
In I: Taras's wife, grief-stricken at the imminent separation from her sons.
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