Aksinya

The Cook's Wedding

The old nurse who arranges the marriage and pressures Pelageya to accept the cabman.

A Transgression

The washerwoman whose baby was left on the steps and then taken by Miguev.

Peasant Wives

Referred to as Afanasyevna, Dyudya's wife, who listens to the story with the other women.

VI

Aglaia, Yakov's wife, who participates in the murder cover-up and is sentenced to thirteen and a half years.

IV

Not present in this chapter.

XIX

Former servant who gives advice about Kleopatra and the narrator's father.

Peasants

A peasant woman facing poverty and moral challenges.

I

Fyokla, the other sister-in-law; a strong, broad-shouldered woman who shows little sympathy for Marya's plight.

In the Ravine

The sharp-tongued and cruel daughter-in-law of Anisim Tsybukin, who embodies the family's harshness.

I

Wife of the younger son Stepan, a handsome and shrewd woman who manages the shop and is admired by her father-in-law.

II

Involved in the family's whispered discussions about Anisim's marriage.

III

Dances in a green dress with a train, described as snake-like with naive eyes; on intimate terms with the elder Hrymin.

IV

Aksinya is present at the farewell, kissed by Anisim before his departure.

V

Defies old Tsybukin by giving the counterfeit roubles to the mowers instead of throwing them into the well; described as a proud, beautiful animal in the moonlight.

VI

Aksinya runs the shop and drives to the new brickyard, smiling enigmatically.

VII

Confronts old Tsybukin and Varvara, accusing them of treating her like a servant and threatening to leave.

VIII

Cruel and angry, she shouts at Lipa and orders her out of the house after the baby's death.

IX

Now the de facto master of the household and brickyard, feared by all, she has become a person of power and engages in business partnerships.