person
Karyavov
also: Карявов
A clerk (канцелярист) in the diarist's chancery, suspected first of prowling the household by night and then of being his wife's lover; his repeated dismissal and reinstatement structures the diary's comic plot.
Reading notes
- Twenty-Six (Excerpts from a Diary) §4 Karyavov
A clerk (канцелярист) under the diarist's authority, suspected of nocturnal visits to the household and later of being his wife's lover; the running comic engine of the diary.