# Grisha — Short Fiction character guide

> Grisha in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the cleverest Grisha, Grisha Grisha

**First appearance:** 0058-grisha

## Who they are

A child who is the focus of a story.

## In the story

### [The Album](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-album)

Zhmyhov's little son, who defaces and cuts up the portraits, then shows the ruined album to his father.

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

A fat, solemn seven-year-old who spies on the kitchen events and feels sympathy for the cook.

### [Sorrow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/sorrow)

The turner Grigory Petrov, also called Grishka; a drunkard and craftsman who loses his wife and then his limbs.

### [Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/children)

A nine-year-old boy in the preparatory class, plays loto for money, shows greed and jealousy.

### [Grisha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/grisha)

The chubby little boy experiencing the bewildering and exciting new world outside his nursery.

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

The artist who persuades Vassilyev to stay and observe.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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