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The Fire Chief's Wife
the fire chief's wife
also: брандмейстерша, brandmeystersha
Semyon Vavilych's wife, who sits among the public and undercuts her husband's noble self-sacrifice with petty domestic calculation in asides to her neighbor.
Reading notes
- Ladies and Gentlemen, Townsfolk (Господа обыватели) §37 The fire chief's wife
The brandmeystersha, the fire chief's wife, who undercuts her husband's noble self-sacrifice in an aside to her neighbor, revealing the household's true, petty calculations.