person
Aksinya (Ksenia Abramovna)
Aksinya
also: Аксинья, Ksenia Abramovna, Aksyusha, Aksyuta
Stepan's beautiful, snake-eyed wife, a shrewd and increasingly ruthless businesswoman who takes over the Tsybukin trade and, in a jealous rage over an inheritance, scalds Lipa's infant son with boiling water.
Reading notes
- In the Ravine §8 Aksinya
Stepan's beautiful, shrewd wife, whose growing hold over the family's business ends in the story's central act of violence.
- In the Ravine §307 Ksenia Abramovna
Aksinya's formal name and patronymic, used by the postmaster and a suitor once she has risen to local wealth and power.