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Semyon Gnusnov
Gnusnov
also: Семен Гнуснов
The obsequious signer of a mock letter to a superior, angling for a bookkeeping post for his nephew. His surname (from гнусный, "vile, base") undercuts his own fawning piety.
Reading notes
- From the Notebook of Ivan Ivanych (Thoughts and Notes) §55 Semyon Gnusnov
The obsequious signer of this letter to a superior, angling for a bookkeeping post for his nephew. His surname (from гнусный, "vile") undercuts his own servile piety.