Egor Dmitrich Glumov

Yegor Dmitrich Glumov is handsome. He is young, handsome, and ambitious. He has blue-gray eyes, pleasant features, a smooth, straight nose, and dark blond hair cut almost to his shoulders. He wears a tailcoat, waistcoat, white shirt, dark pants, and a bow tie or tie. Sometimes, in windy weather, he wears a top hat and scarf, and carries an umbrella instead of a cane.

Glumov is a talented and observant man who understands the mechanisms of secular society and uses his abilities to achieve his goals.

Intelligence, cunning, and observation. Glumov is a talented, educated man, but he uses his abilities not for creative endeavors or public service, but for personal enrichment through deception and hypocrisy. He has a knack for finding a common language with different people, quickly shifting his façade to suit his interlocutors' expectations.

Cynicism and calculation. Glumov consciously chooses the path of deception and manipulation, and isn't shy about speaking out loud about his plans, at least to his mother. He's focused on getting a "lucrative position" and a "lucrative marriage."

Ambition and ambition. The hero dreams of wealth, high social status, and a profitable marriage. His life philosophy is simple: "You shouldn't laugh at stupid people; you should learn to exploit their weaknesses."
Master of manipulation. The hero skillfully flatters, dissembles, and panders, skillfully exploiting the weaknesses of his patrons. He begins with "unimportant individuals," gradually moving toward his goal.

A gifted satirist, Glumov records his critical thoughts about the personalities of his high-ranking acquaintances in his diary, turning it into a "chronicle of human vulgarity."

Yegor Dmitrich Glumov firmly decided to change. He stopped writing epigrams about the foolish and wealthy people of Moscow and trying to ingratiate himself with them. The young man realized that one shouldn't mock foolish people; one should learn to exploit their weaknesses. He planned to have a brilliant career and marry profitably. He planned to pour out all the bitterness he had pent up in his soul into his diary, so that he would have the inner strength to flatter the powerful. Through a friend, Glumov learned about his uncle and his penchant for dispensing advice and instructions to everyone. The friend also confided in Glumov a strange weakness of Mamayev's: posing as a buyer, he would inspect apartments but never make a purchase. Glumov told his mother that Mamayev was an excellent target for him. He planned to use him to gain entry into a certain social circle and be introduced to high society. When Mamayev met the Glumovs, he immediately began tutoring him, and Glumov fawned over him, even managing to cleverly frame Mamayev's nephew and become his uncle's favorite. Meanwhile, Mamayev's wife, Cleopatra Lvovna, was chatting with Glumov's mother at her estate. She admired Yegor Dmitrich, his youth and beauty, and promised to find the young man a comfortable position. After the master of the house left, Glafira Klimovna, Yegor Glumov's mother, confided to Mrs. Mamayeva, supposedly in secret, that her son was passionately in love with her, a lie for self-interest. Cleopatra Lvovna was overjoyed that she could still inspire true passion in the young man. Soon, an important gentleman, Ivan Ivanovich Gorodulin, arrived at the house. Mamayeva began praising Glumov's abilities, and he asked the young man to work for him and write. When Gorodulin left, Yegor Dmitrich confessed his love to Mamaeva for profit. In reality, he didn't love her; she was old and unattractive to him. From then on, they began an affair, which brought Glumov no pleasure but was necessary for his career and the patronage of his uncle and his wife.