MONLOGO EN UN ACTO (1886) PERSONAJE IVN IVANOVICH NIUJIN, esposo de ! p"op#e$!"#! de %&! es'%e! de ()s#'! * de %& pe&s#o&!do de se+o"#$!s, L! es'e&! "ep"ese&$! %& es$"!do e& %& '!s#&o de p"o-#&'#!A'$o )'o NIUJIN, .o(/"e de !"0!s p!$#!s * s#& /#0o$e, -es$#do de %& 1"!' -#e2o * des%'#do, T"!s .!'e" %&! e&$"!d! (!2es$%os!, s!%d! * se es$#"! e '.!e'o,NIUJIN,34M%* se+o"!s * (%* se+o"es (5os6,,, (Se !$%s! !s p!$#!s,) H!/#e&do s#do #&-#$!d! (# (%2e" ! .!'e"(e d!" %&! 'o&1e"e&'#! 'o& 1#&es /e&71#'os so/"e %& $e(! pop%!",,,, .e de de'#"es 8%e, po" o 8%e ! (5 "espe'$!, e !s%&$o de es$! (e es #&d#1e"e&$e,,, 9:%e .!* 8%e d!" %&! 'o&1e"e&'#!;,,, P%es ! d!" %&! 'o&1e"e&'#!,,, No so* p"o1eso", * es$o* (%* e2os de posee" ! (e&o" '!$e0o"5! '#e&$51#'!< pe"o, s#& e(/!"0o, .!'e *! $"e#&$! !+os 8%e $"!/!2o de %& (odo #&'es!&$e, * .!s$! 'o& pe"2%#'#o,,,, pod"5! de'#",,,, de (# p"op#! s!%d, e& '%es$#o&es de %& '!"='$e" p%"!(e&$e '#e&$51#'o,,, I&'%so es'"#/o !"$5'%os '#e&$51#'os o, ! 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