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Grunya

A female character.

minor

First appearance: short fiction

Grunya shows up with force in II. The page is where that presence becomes real.

The old widow, Galya's mother, who pleads with the miller for patience and laments her daughter's stubbornness and their poverty.
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In II: The old widow, Galya's mother, who pleads with the miller for patience and laments her daughter's stubbornness and their poverty. Later, in I: Dmitry's daughter, wearing a dark dress and Scythian kerchief, her…

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DPDmitry Parfent…FIFather IvanPPPan PopèlskiTTThe ToyonGRGrunya

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Named character and female
  • Village community figures
  • Mysterious and noble figures

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SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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