# Pètrik — Short Fiction character guide

> Pètrik in Short Fiction by Vladimir Korolenko.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Pètrik 43

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

## Who they are

A named character.

## In the story

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

The blind boy who eagerly visits Joachim each evening, enchanted by the music, and begins learning to play the pipe.

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

The blind boy who is unresponsive to the piano but deeply moved by Joachim's pipe.

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

The blind boy who recounts a dream of seeing his mother and Maxim, but forgets the details, causing him distress.

## Links

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