person
Valeria Andreevna
A society lady the narrator falls for at first sight at a dacha gathering and addresses a melodramatic love letter to, threatening suicide; she reacts with alarm and confusion, relayed entirely through her maid Palasha, and grants him only a cup of tea.
Reading notes
- My Nana §3 Valeria Andreevna
The young widow or society lady the narrator addresses his melodramatic love letter to; she never appears directly, only through her maid Palasha's relayed reactions.