person
Vera Andreyevna
Vera
also: Вера Андреевна, Вера
Yanshin's sister and Mikhail Ilyich's wife, who stands through the vigil in dutiful indifference. She is also carrying a secret letter from a lover in Florence, who wants the proud, undutiful Vera rather than the one everyone else sees.
Reading notes
- A Failure of Compensation §3 Vera Andreyevna
Yanshin's sister and Mikhail Ilyich's wife, who stands through the vigil in the resigned posture of someone going through motions she does not believe in. She is also carrying, unread by anyone else in the house, a letter from a lover in Florence who wants the proud, undutiful Vera rather than the one everyone else sees.