# Gavrik — Short Fiction character guide

> Gavrik in Short Fiction by Vladimir Korolenko.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the old Gavrik, the old Gavrik whom she had once loved

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

## Who they are

An old man once loved by a woman.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/xii)

Mentioned by Titus as 'Gavrik' when inviting him for tea.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/xiii)

The narrator, who is called Gavrik by Titus; he reacts to the suicide with ironic rationalism and decides to go see the site.

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/xvi)

Titus addresses the narrator as Gavrik, showing this is the narrator's name or alias.

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_54_se/chapters/xxiii)

Mentioned by Titus in his excited recounting, though not directly present in the scene.

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