person
Burkin
also: Буркин
One of Alyokhin's two houseguests and, with Ivan Ivanych, the listener to whom Alyokhin tells the story of his love for Anna Alekseyevna.
Reading notes
- The Man in a Case §2 Burkin
A gymnasium teacher and the other of the two hunters; he tells the story of Belikov, his late colleague.
- Gooseberries §2 Burkin
A gymnasium teacher and Ivan Ivanych's walking companion on a rainy day near Mironositskoye; his reminder of an earlier promise opens the story, and he and their host Alyokhin hear out Ivan Ivanych's account of his brother to its unsettled end.
- About Love §6 Burkin
One of Alyokhin's two houseguests and, with Ivan Ivanych, the listener to whom Alyokhin tells his story.