He is the miserable hero of the story A Faint Heart. He is a very well-intentioned, hard-working, lower-level clerk with a talent for beautiful penmanship. He loses his mind after considering it a great favor that Yuliyan Mastakovich grants him a salary and security. When he suddenly falls in love and gets engaged, his gratitude toward his superior combined with the fear of disappointing him creates a guilt complex; he goes mad over a document he couldn't finish on time, falling into a paranoia that he will be drafted into the army or thrown into prison.
Coming from the lower classes, he found a place in the bureaucracy thanks to his talent (beautiful handwriting); he is misshapen and somewhat crooked. He has always seen himself at the very bottom; when he was granted success and love, he mistook it for divine kindness.
A somewhat crooked, small, misshapen, sallow-complexioned, frail young man. When he goes mad, his eyes dart wildly and his face turns deathly pale.
Lizanka
His fiancée; to him, a fairy-tale princess for whom he lost his mind.
Arkadiy İvanoviç
Vasya'nın en iyi, en büyük koruyucusu.
Yuliyan Mastakoviç
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