# Roly-Poly — Yama character guide

> Roly-Poly in Yama by Aleksandr Kuprin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** The lanky rickety Roly-Poly, Poly, Roly

**First appearance:** 0005-yama

## Who they are

A lanky, rickety freeloader who recites doggerel, cadges drinks, and is tolerated by the girls as almost one of their own.

## In the story

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

A long-known habitué of Yama, a tall, thin, red-nosed old man in a forest ranger uniform, who entertains with jokes and verses.

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

An aged entertainer who performs a comic 'lightning' act; collapses and dies from a stroke at the end of the chapter.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-iv)

Reported by Jennka to have died suddenly in the drawing room.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/yama_se/chapters/part-iii-vi)

Mentioned as having died suddenly, contributing to Anna Markovna's decision to sell.

## Links

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