# Aksinya — Short Fiction character guide

> Aksinya in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Aksinya Stepanovna

**First appearance:** 0000-a-living-chattel

## Who they are

A woman with a strong presence in the narrative.

## In the story

### [The Cook's Wedding](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-cook-s-wedding)

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

### [A Transgression](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-transgression)

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

### [Peasant Wives](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/peasant-wives)

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

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/vi)

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

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv)

Not present in this chapter.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/xix)

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

### [Peasants](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/peasants)

A peasant woman facing poverty and moral challenges.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/i)

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

### [In the Ravine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/in-the-ravine)

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

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii)

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

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iii)

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

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/iv)

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

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/vi)

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

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/vii)

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

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/viii)

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

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/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.

## Links

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