character
Abbess Marfa
Marfa
also: игуменья Марфа, Игуменья Марфа
The abbess of a women's convent that Ognev's whole social circle visited on an excursion during the summer; she presented each guest with a little beaded purse, one of the fond memories Ognev recalls while walking Vera toward the woods.
Reading notes
- Verochka §43 the abbess Marfa
The head of a women's monastic community (a devichy monastyr, or "maiden convent"); a group excursion to visit a local abbess, complete with small gifts to the guests, was a typical genteel diversion of provincial summer life, one of the many small, fond memories Ognev catalogues to himself as he tries to explain why he cannot bring himself to leave this district's people behind.