Seryozha

Old Sergei

Old Sergei and Seryozha are probably father and son or grandfather and grandson, with a warm and frequent connection.

Wilfred Chew

Seryozha and Wilfred Chew are close friends or allies, interacting often in a supportive manner.

Anna Semionovna

Anna Semionovna and Seryozha have a strong family relationship, likely as mother and son or aunt and nephew.

Tatiana Ostapenko

Seryozha and Tatiana Ostapenko are involved in a romantic relationship, with frequent interactions suggesting deep affection.

Pavel Ostapenko

Pavel Ostapenko and Seryozha are competitors or enemies, likely due to romantic or family conflicts.

Anna Semionovna

Anna Semionovna and Seryozha have a strong family relationship, likely as mother and son or aunt and nephew.

Old Sergei

Old Sergei and Seryozha are probably father and son or grandfather and grandson, with a warm and frequent connection.

Wilfred Chew

Seryozha and Wilfred Chew are close friends or allies, interacting often in a supportive manner.

Old Sergei

Old Sergei and Seryozha are probably father and son or grandfather and grandson, with a warm and frequent connection.

Pavel Ostapenko

Pavel Ostapenko and Seryozha are competitors or enemies, likely due to romantic or family conflicts.

Wilfred Chew

Seryozha and Wilfred Chew are close friends or allies, interacting often in a supportive manner.

Tatiana Ostapenko

Seryozha and Tatiana Ostapenko are involved in a romantic relationship, with frequent interactions suggesting deep affection.

The Faraway Bride

Travels to Seoul with Wilfred Chew, leaving his mother Anna behind.

I

Follows his father unwillingly, sings while crossing fords, buries the dead with flowers, chants mock blessings, pretends to go home but doubles back.

III

Seryozha dismisses his father's advice, whistles through the conversation, and reveals his plan to travel to Seoul to fetch forgotten money, showing his youthful defiance and independence.

V

Defiant and hopeful; rejects curd cakes, longs to escape, and ultimately embraces his mother when the journey is approved.

VI

Travels with Wilfred, catches a salmon by hand, haggles with the innkeeper, and expresses a naturalistic view of the Korean grave festivities.

VIII

Visits the Ostapenko house for the feast; learns of Alexander Weber's suicide; feels a disconnect between Tatiana and the tragedy; defends women against Pavel's criticism.

IX

Sends a bald letter announcing his marriage to Tatiana Pavlovna Ostapenko; Anna imagines him as a victim of Tatiana's 'death-like' allure.

X

Sits in a dreamy state, absorbed in his silent connection with Tatiana, only half-listening to Pavel's boasts.

XI

Reflects on the loss of childhood innocence and the unease of adulthood; frees a bird from a clay ball; shares a moment of intimacy with Tanya.

XIII

Struggles with self-consciousness in marriage, feels trapped by domesticity, and impulsively joins Pavel's expedition.

XIV

Returns home after marriage, feeling ideally treated for the first time but quickly sullen upon seeing his mother.

I

Tobias, son of Tobit and Anna.

II

Sent by Tobit to find a poor man; reports the strangled countryman.

Tobit's Anxiety and Tobias's Return

Tobias (Seryozha) insists on returning to his parents despite Raguel's offer to send word, showing his filial concern.

XI

Tobias returns to Nineveh, heals his father's blindness with the fish gall, and recounts his journey.