Old World Landowners

Main Characters and Their Development

• Afanasy Ivanovich Tovstogub — a good-natured and simple landowner, loving his wife and leading a calm and measured life. He embodies old-world patriarchal values and attachment to traditions. His life is filled with small joys and cares, and he does not seek change.
• Pulkheria Ivanovna Tovstogub — the wife of Afanasy Ivanovich, a caring and industrious woman who dedicates herself entirely to her home and husband. She represents the ideal of an old-world landowner's wife, living in harmony with nature and the surrounding world. Her death becomes a tragic event that disrupts the familiar order of Afanasy Ivanovich's life.