person
the Baroness
also: Баронесса
The stock noblewoman-in-distress of Chekhov's melodrama parody, secretly in love with Delagardie and mother of his child, married off against her will to General Ehrensward for the sake of the plot.
Reading notes
- Unclean Tragedians and Leprous Playwrights §8 The Baroness
The stock noblewoman-in-distress of the melodrama-within-the-piece: secretly Delagardie's lover and the mother of his child, married off to the villain for the plot's convenience.