character
Deacon Fantasmagorsky
Fantasmagorsky
also: Дьякон Фантасмагорский, the deacon
A deacon whose comically apt surname (from "phantasmagoria") is bringing cucumbers home from his garden when the eclipse begins; he panics, abandons his cart, and hides under a bridge, while his horse wanders into a stranger's yard and the cucumbers are eaten by pigs.
Reading notes
- The Wrongdoers §29 vez к себе из огорода огурцы
The deacon's comic surname, Fantasmagorsky (from "phantasmagoria," a spectacle of illusions), is a Gogolian touch that primes the reader for his panicked, almost farcical reaction to the eclipse -- fleeing his cart to hide under a bridge while his abandoned horse wanders off and pigs eat his cucumbers.
Mentioned in 34 works (161 mentions)
Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov")
The Lady of the Manor
The Correspondent
The Fair
The Choristers
At the Post Office
Ladies and Gentlemen, Townsfolk (Господа обыватели)
The Rigmarole
The Captain's Uniform
At the Marshal's Widow's
At the Baths
At the Almshouse for the Incurable and the Aged
The Eclipse of the Moon
The Requiem
Holy Simplicity
The Mirror
A Nightmare
At the Mill
The Dependents
On Holy Night
During Holy Week
The Letter
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To the Chekhovs, 7 April 1887. Taganrog.
To the Chekhovs, 19 April 1887. Taganrog.
In the Barn
The Wrongdoers
The Duel
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