person
Tanya
also: Таня, Танечка, Tanechka
A sixteen-year-old barmaid who listens raptly to Nikifor Filimonych's stories, then vanishes; she reappears a year and a half later in Moscow, transformed by city life.
Reading notes
- The Retired Slave §2 Tanya
A sixteen-year-old barmaid at the beer hall who listens rapt to the old man's stories; she vanishes partway through the tale and reappears transformed in the city.