The Steppe (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Anton Chekhov
- First Published: 1888
- Type of Work: Novella
- Type of Plot: Realism
- Time of Work: The 1870’s
- Setting: Southern Russia
- Genres: Realism, Short fiction, Lyric story
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Nineteenth century, Prejudices or antipathies, Death or dying, Russia or Russian people, Isolation
- Locales: Russia
Characters Discussed
Yegorushka Knyazev (yeh-GOH- rew-shkah KNYA-zehv), called Georgie, a boy on the way to his first boarding school. Georgie has been reared by his widowed mother and thus has been, to a degree, sheltered from the world. His unworldliness has been further nurtured by the provincial town in which he has grown up. His journey across the seemingly endless Russian steppe greatly expands his knowledge of both the world and human nature, although he is often frightened or repulsed by his experiences. The boy has a good heart. He sympathizes with the carters, whose...
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