# Verotchka — Short Fiction character guide

> Verotchka in Short Fiction by Anton Chekhov.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ivan Alexeyitch Ognev, Ognev, Ivan Alexeyitch, pretty Verotchka, Ivan

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

## Who they are

A young woman involved in a romantic story.

## Relationships

### [Vera Ivanovna Kardin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/characters/vera_ivanovna_kardin)

_family_

Vera Ivanovna Kardin and Verotchka are mother and daughter, with a close and protective relationship.

## In the story

### [Gone Astray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/gone-astray)

Kozyavkin's wife, expected to be home but absent; her name is called repeatedly.

### [A Nightmare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-nightmare)

Kunin, the permanent member of the Rural Board, who initially judges Father Yakov harshly but later feels deep remorse and a desire to help.

### [A Happy Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/a-happy-man)

Ivan Alexyevitch Ognev, the happy bridegroom, is the central figure who boards the wrong train and delivers a drunken monologue on happiness and marriage.

### [Verotchka](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/verotchka)

Vera Gavrilovna Kuznetsov, the young woman who confesses her love to Ognev and is rejected, leaving her heartbroken.

### [The Teacher of Literature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/the-teacher-of-literature)

Verotchka is a young woman whose interactions with the teacher highlight themes of innocence and unspoken affection.

### [An Artist's Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/an-artist-s-story)

The artist's love interest, whose presence influences his reflections on art and life.

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

The narrator, who paints scenery and manages stage effects at the Azhogins' theatricals.

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [About Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_5_se/chapters/about-love)

Narrator of the story, reflecting on his love for Anna Alexyevna.

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