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Ivan Nikolayevich
Uncle Ivan Nikolayevich
also: Иван Николаевич, дядя
Perepelkin's uncle, addressee of the letter, who supplied the four letters of recommendation and the 'practical advice' (i.e. instructions to bribe) that Perepelkin bitterly blames for his ordeal.
Reading notes
- Without a Position §20 mon oncle
French for 'my uncle,' glossed in the source text itself; the narrator's ironic, mock-genteel address to the very uncle whose advice has degraded him.