# Andrey Ivanovich — Short Fiction character guide

> Andrey Ivanovich in Short Fiction by Vladimir Korolenko.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andrey, V Andrey Ivanovich

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

## Snapshot

A tall, cigar-smoking traveling companion whose sour moods and sudden stops turn a shared road into a quiet contest of wills.

## Who they are

Andrey Ivanovich walks the road with the narrator, and the two wear on each other until the heat makes every rest stop and every push forward a small grievance. When the narrator chooses to sit with two strangers instead, Andrey rises from the grass like an offended conscience and delivers his disapproval in wounded, angry bursts. His sulking exit and half-threat to never travel together again set the story's social temperature: respectable, easily scandalized, and unable to let a slight go.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/ii)

The narrator's traveling companion; tall, thin, nervous, and increasingly irritable. They part ways after a heated argument.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/iii)

Long-legged, skeptical, and confrontational; waits by the gate and warns against drinking vodka.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/iv)

Walks with the narrator and the wanderer; speaks sternly about the night and the devil's influence.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/v)

Accompanies the narrator; he is suspicious of Avtonomov's intentions and warns the narrator about potential trouble.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/vi)

Travels with the narrator, shows anger and suspicion toward Avtonomov's actions.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/vii)

Travels with the narrator and Avtonomov; argues with Avtonomov about the devil and shows anger.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/viii)

Accompanies the narrator and the wanderers to the gate but leaves coldly, annoyed by the attention they attract.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters/andrey_ivanovich
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/characters