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Soleni

A boastful officer who calculates that two men are three times as strong as one, he fills the room with strange pronouncements and an unspoken menace.

supporting

Also known as Soleni, Soleni Doctor, Irina Soleni

First appearance: act i

As a supporting figure in Three Sisters, Soleni is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

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Soleni enters from the dining room with Chebutikin, announcing his lifting strength as if it were philosophy, and settles into the household as a volatile, self-dramatising presence. His quarrelsome vanity and…

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BTBaron TuzenbachASAndrey Sergeye…MSMasha SergeyevnaIRIvan Romanovit…NINatalia IvanovnaSOSoleni

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  • Other

Character groups

  • Minor and peripheral figures
  • Prozorov family and associates
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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