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Vasilisa
also: Василиса
An elderly peasant woman who has not heard from her daughter Yefimya in four years and pays a drunken letter-writer to send word to her in Petersburg, only to watch her own words replaced by his nonsensical bombast.
Reading notes
- At Christmastime §4 Vasilisa
An elderly peasant woman whose daughter has not written home in years; she pays to have a letter sent to Petersburg, though the writer's grand phrases crowd out what she actually wants to say.