# Sigaev — Short Fiction character guide

> Sigaev in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fyodor Petrovna, Fyodor, Fyodor Fyodorovitch Sigaev, Fyodor Nilov, Fyodor Fyodorovitch

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

## Who they are

A character who appears in various social contexts.

## In the story

### [An Actor's End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/an-actor-s-end)

The comic man who first visits Shtchiptsov, offers castor oil, and later tries to comfort him with false promises of a trip to the Crimea.

### [Ladies](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/ladies)

Fyodor Petrovitch Sigaev, the Director of Elementary Schools, who considers himself just and generous but succumbs to social pressure.

### [An Avenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/an-avenger)

The outraged husband who contemplates revenge after finding his wife in flagrante delicto, ultimately buying a quail net instead of a revolver.

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

The banker who makes the bet with the lawyer, later facing financial ruin and contemplating murder to avoid paying.

### [The Agony of Love and Money](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/x)

Fyodor advises his brother Laptev on a political career, drinks tea, and mentions their father's cataract.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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