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Marya Mikhailovna Ilovaiskaya

Ilovaiskaya

also: Марья Михайловна Иловайская, Иловайская

A sharp-featured, composed young noblewoman of about twenty, sole manager of her father's large but neglected estate, stranded overnight at a rural inn en route to her father and brother for the Christmas holiday; drawn despite herself into feeling for the ruined Likharev as he confesses his life's story, she nearly presses money on him at parting before losing her nerve.

Mentioned in 2 works (25 mentions)

On the Road Stories · 24 mentions
To M. P. Chekhova, 9 February 1892. Bobrov. letter · 1 mention

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