figure
Yegor Syusin
Syusin
also: Егор Сюсин
The drunken, cynical barker and manager of the Pikhnau Brothers' Menagerie, a former warrant-officer who has drifted through gymnasium, a government office, land-surveying, the telegraph, the army, and a macaroni factory before landing in this job. He entertains (and eventually torments) the crowd by narrating mock-philosophical monologues to the caged animals, culminating in nearly feeding a live rabbit to a boa constrictor.
Reading notes
- The Cynic §1 Yegor Syusin
The menagerie's drunken barker and the story's central figure; his name and rank are wholly Chekhov's invention.