A seventy-five-year-old, very wealthy, cantankerous, but vibrant landowner, and the aunt of the thirty-five-year-old general from Moscow society.
She becomes enraged upon realizing her relatives are waiting for her death and inheritance via telegrams, and in an unexpected turn, she arrives in the spa city. No sooner has she arrived than she becomes obsessed with roulette; playing by her own rules, she initially wins large sums only to lose hundreds of thousands of rubles of her inheritance. She sees the expectations and deceptions of those around her clearly, teaching them the greatest lesson of their lives.
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Relationships
General
A fake nephew whom she critiques and humiliates mercilessly for waiting for her inheritance.
Matmazel Blanche
A rival whom she identifies as an 'actress' and an opportunist from the very first moments.
Aleksey İvanoviç
A person she views as a sort of co-conspirator and guide due to his youth, impulsiveness, and gambling addiction.
Polina Aleksandrovna
The only relative whose intelligence and honor she respects, despite finding her sharp-tongued, and whose loneliness she pities.
Grandmother (Antonida Vasilyevna Tarasicheva / La Baboulinka) — The Gambler
