# The Farmhand Koshel — The Village character guide

> The Farmhand Koshel in The Village by Ivan Bunin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Koshel

**First appearance:** 0001-the-village

## Who they are

A farmhand working in the village, with a few appearances.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-iii)

A former soldier who repeats old sayings, believes in superstitions like witches, and sings melancholy songs while watching over the manor.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-v)

Koshel's clothes are borrowed by Syery after he saves the pig from the pond.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-vii)

Mentioned as the farmhand who wakes early, drags frozen straw, and speaks in a low, hoarse voice while working on an empty stomach.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-viii)

Kuzma's companion at Durnovka, sharing meals and enduring the cold.

### [Kuzma's Illness and Ivanushka's Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_village_se/chapters/part-iii-x)

Speaks dismissively of Kuzma's condition, contributing to the sense of alienation.

## Links

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