Ivan Yakovlevich’s wife. The narrator describes her as “respectable," suggesting that her marriage to Ivan Yakovlevich degraded her status in society. Her attitude towards her husband reveals general frustration on his drunken state: when Ivan Yakovlevich finds the nose, Praskovya Osipovna lashes out in anger, threatening to call the police and accusing her husband of drunkenly cutting off the nose.
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Praskovya Osipovna Character Timeline in The Nose
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Section 1
...a gesture of formality, he wears a tailcoat on over his underclothes as his wife, Praskovya Osipovna , prepares breakfast. Ivan Yakovlevich decides to forgo coffee, which he believes his wife would...
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Praskovya Osipovna immediately threatens to call the cops and accuses her husband of drunkenly removing the nose...
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