# Simon Ivanoff — Short Fiction character guide

> Simon Ivanoff in Short Fiction by Vsevolod Garshin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Simon

**First appearance:** 0021-from-the-reminiscences-of-private-ivanoff

## Snapshot

A wary, sharp-tongued servant or hanger-on who reads faces fast and warns the fallen Nadia away from the prorub before she becomes his ruin.

## Who they are

Simon Ivanoff knows the type he is dealing with the moment he sees her, and he grabs her shoulder with the blunt authority of a man protecting his own billet. He is not cruel so much as practical, a figure of the margins who has learned that pity costs. His warning frames Nadia's world as one where even the small functionaries have decided what she is, and his voice is the first hard edge of the story's social judgment.

## Relationships

### [Vassili Petrovich](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/characters/vassili_petrovich)

_rivalry_

Simon Ivanoff and Vassili Petrovich are competitors, frequently in conflict over resources or status.

### [Nadejda Nicolaievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/characters/nadejda_nicolaievna)

_social_

Nadejda and Simon Ivanoff are casual acquaintances, interacting in social settings without deep connection.

### [Nadejda Nicolaievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/characters/nadejda_nicolaievna)

_social_

Nadejda and Simon Ivanoff are casual acquaintances, interacting in social settings without deep connection.

### [Nadejda Nicolaievna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/characters/nadejda_nicolaievna)

_social_

Nadejda and Simon Ivanoff are casual acquaintances, interacting in social settings without deep connection.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/ii)

A waiter who tries to get Ivan Ivanovich to leave the restaurant when he is distressed.

### [The Signal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_56_se/chapters/the-signal)

A former soldier turned railway linesman, struggling with rheumatism and poverty, who tries to live peacefully but is drawn into conflict with his neighbor.

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