On Kindness
The children, Masha and Misha , are building a tent for their dolls in front of the house.
On Renumeration of Labour
- The Father
- Katia, a girl of nine
- Fedia, a boy of eight
On Drink
An evening in the autumn.
On Capital Punishment
- Peter Petrovich, a professor
- Maria Ivanovna, his wife Sewing.
- Fedia, their son, a boy of nine Listening to his father’s conversation.
- Ivan Vasilievich, counsel for the prosecution in the court martial
On Prisons
- Semka, a boy of thirteen
- Aksutka, a girl of ten
- Palashka, a girl of nine
- Vanka, a boy of eight