person
Zoya Andreyevna Zhelvakova
Zoya
also: Зоя Андреевна, Зоя Желвакова, Зоечка
The young woman the narrator is pressed by both families to propose to in a darkened summerhouse; she loves another man, and the two end up bonding over a shared, panicked confession of not loving each other -- before being married off regardless.