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Sofya Mikhailovna
also: Софья Михайловна
Uzelkov's late first wife, from a merchant family, bribed by Shapkin into taking the blame for the divorce; she descended into drink and dissipation afterward and is buried in the town cemetery under a small white marble monument.
Reading notes
- Old Age §17 Sofya Mikhailovna
Uzelkov's first wife; her death and the manner of it (poverty, drink, an unmarked-seeming grave paid for by a stranger) form the emotional center the story circles but ultimately cannot feel.