# Liza — Short Fiction character guide

> Liza in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** the real Liza

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

## Who they are

A woman whose name carries the weight of other people's assumptions, forcing her to navigate love and identity on terms she never fully chose.

## Relationships

### [Groholsky](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/groholsky)

_romantic_

Groholsky and Liza are lovers, with Groholsky deeply infatuated with Liza.

## In the story

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

The wife torn between love for Groholsky and pity for her husband Bugrov.

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

Liza is Groholsky's beloved; she enjoys the peace and watches the arrival of luxurious goods at the villa opposite, feeling envious.

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

Grows increasingly depressed in her life with Groholsky, secretly meets Bugrov, is devastated when Bugrov leaves, eventually runs away to him, and later appears well-fed and content as Bugrov's wife.

### [A Pink Stocking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-pink-stocking)

Lidotchka, the wife, who writes a poorly composed letter and is upset by her husband's criticism.

### [Martyrs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/martyrs)

Lizotchka Kudrinsky, the young married lady who feigns illness and imagines her own dramatic death.

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

Maxim's wife, who insists on keeping the Easter cake whole and is later blamed by Maxim for their unkindness.

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

The narrator's daughter, heard speaking rapidly in her sleep.

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

The narrator's daughter, now a young woman with a suitor, Gnekker; the narrator feels she has become a 'sham' version of her former self.

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

Mentioned as the narrator's daughter; the narrator feels disconnected from his family.

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

The narrator's daughter, who jestingly calls him 'your Excellency' and is engaged to Gnekker.

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

The narrator's daughter, found in distress and moaning in her room.

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

Lida (Liza) is Sasha's sister; she is found asleep on a chest in the dining room during the crisis.

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

Lida's sister, referred to as Genya in the text; she is sent out of the room during the argument.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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