The Cherry Orchard · Character
Yermolay Lopahin
The peasant boy Lyubov once washed blood off is now a rich merchant in a white waistcoat, reading a book he can't make head or tail of.
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Also known as Lopahin, Madame Lopahin, Yermolay Alexeyevitch, Yermolay
First appearance: the cherry orchard
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Lopahin arrives at the station early, falls asleep waiting, and wakes to a house where he is both guest and creditor. He remembers Lyubov's kindness to him as a bleeding boy, yet he is the one who will do the arithmetic…
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