# Masha — Short Fiction character guide

> Masha in Short Fiction by Vsevolod Garshin.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0041-nadejda-nicolaievna

## Who they are

A servant or young woman with limited appearances.

## In the story

### [Coward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/coward)

Mentioned as having decided to become a hospital nurse.

### [A Very Short Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/a-very-short-romance)

The narrator's beloved; a Lutheran who urged him to fight in the war, promised to marry him upon his return, but ultimately married another man while he was away.

### [A Very Short Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/a-very-short-romance)

The narrator's beloved; a Lutheran who urged him to fight in the war, promised to marry him upon his return, but ultimately married another man while he was away.

### [A Toad and a Rose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/a-toad-and-a-rose)

Vasia's devoted sister who cares for him, reads to him, and remembers their time in the garden.

## Links

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