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Fly Ivanovna
also: Муха Ивановна
A personified fly who buzzes through the rooms boasting of her career as a newspaper "publicist," her only writing the specks she leaves on a fly-blown sheet; addressed by the mock-respectful patronymic alone, a stock comic device.
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §99 Fly Ivanovna
A personified fly boasting of her career as a newspaper "publicist." Addressing her by the mock-respectful patronymic alone, without a first name, is a stock comic device for a self-important nobody.