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Grigory Petrov

Grigory

also: Grishka, the lathe-worker

A lathe-worker (turner) and the most feckless peasant in Galchino canton, protagonist of "Grief" (1885); drives his dying wife Matryona through a blizzard to the district hospital, only realizing on the way that she has already died, and freezes to death himself before the story ends.

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Mentioned in 5 works (37 mentions)

Grief Stories · 17 mentions
An Intelligent Blockhead Stories · 13 mentions
Thou and You Stories · 1 mention
A Nervous Breakdown Stories · 1 mention
In the Ravine Stories · 5 mentions

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