# Panteley — Short Fiction character guide

> Panteley in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Panteley Zaharov Holodov

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

## Who they are

A character who appears in the narrative with a distinct role.

## In the story

### [Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/happiness)

Overseer from Makarov's estate, stops to light his pipe and listens to the old shepherd's tales of treasure.

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

A fellow traveler met on the steppe.

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

Drinks from a small icon lamp glass at the well.

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

The old wagoner who sits apart eating bread, recalls his prosperous past as a wagon train driver, and shows disgust for crayfish.

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

Sits apart as an Old Believer, tells stories of robbers and narrow escapes.

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

Sighs and complains of his feet, mediates the quarrel, and later sits with Yegorushka during the storm.

### [II: Christmas Morning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ii-christmas-morning)

The dismissed coachman, drunk since November, who kneels in the kitchen begging forgiveness.

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

Radish, the painter, who accompanies the narrator and philosophizes about interest and lying.

## Links

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