person
Pravdolyubov
The sketch's interrogator, seated at an ink-stained desk; his name (from 'pravda,' truth, and 'lyubov,' love) marks him as a comically hollow 'lover of truth' whose stern duty collapses into sentimental contempt.
Reading notes
- A Young Man §1 Pravdolyubov
The sketch's interrogator, seated at an ink-stained desk; his name is built from 'pravda' (truth) and 'lyubov' (love/lover) -- a 'lover of truth,' rendered comically hollow by his sentimental self-interruptions.