How the Two Ivans Quarrelled

Characters

• Ivan Ivanovitch — landowner: A courteous Mirgorod landowner who turns offense into litigation.
• Ivan Nikiforovitch — neighbor: A blunt neighbor whose insult destroys an old friendship.
• Agafya Fedosyevna — household adviser: An influential woman in Ivan Nikiforovich's house, feeding the quarrel.
• Anton Prokofievitch — local mediator: An obliging acquaintance trying to bring the neighbors together.
• Demyan Demyanovitch — the Mirgorod judge: The judge who receives both complaints and tries in vain to reconcile the neighbours.
• the chief of police, Peter Feodorovitch — the Mirgorod chief of police: The one-armed chief of police, who undertakes to settle the quarrel and gets both men to one party.
• Gapka — Ivan Ivanovitch's servant girl: Ivan Ivanovitch's servant girl, whose children run about his yard.
• the brown sow — Ivan Ivanovitch's sow: The sow that runs into the court and carries off Ivan Nikiforovitch's petition.