person
Vanya Ottepelev
Vanya
also: Ivan Ottepelev
A thirteen-year-old gymnasium pupil who fails his Greek examination and is beaten by the family lodger at his mother's request. The protagonist of "A Classicist's Misfortune."
Reading notes
- A Classicist's Misfortune §1 Vanya Ottepelev
A thirteen-year-old gymnasium pupil, the story's protagonist, sitting his Greek examination. His surname suggests "thaw" (ottepel').