# Vassya — Short Fiction character guide

> Vassya in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

A boy who appears in a story.

## In the story

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

Vassily Stepanovitch, Lizotchka's devoted husband who stays up nights caring for her and performs comic routines to cheer her.

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

Assistant Procurator Gagin, woken by a sneeze, dismisses his wife's fears of a burglar and goes to the kitchen to check.

### [Difficult People](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/difficult-people)

The eldest daughter, who is hopelessly crushed and sobs behind a screen during the argument.

### [The Old House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-old-house)

Putohin's eldest son, who loses his greatcoat when his father sells it for drink, and later ends up working in the washhouse.

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

Notices Yegorushka, laughs at the idea of him being a wagon driver.

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

A wagoner who helps clean fish and eats with wet sleeves; formerly worked in a match factory.

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

Hears an approaching stranger and identifies him.

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

Complains of a jaw ache and prophesies bad weather; helps mediate the quarrel.

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

Referred to as Kuzka, the orphan boy adopted by Matvey.

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

Not present in this chapter.

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