person
Natalya Sergeyevna
Natalya
also: Natasha, the mistress, the young woman
The young wife of the landowner Litvinov, who keeps a desperate vigil on the shore during a Christmas Eve storm and, in her husband's presumed death, glimpses the freedom of widowhood -- then, at his return, discovers she has come to love him after all.
Reading notes
- On Christmas Night §1 A young woman
Natalya Sergeyevna, the landowner Litvinov's wife, only named in full partway through the story; the narration withholds her identity to build suspense.