Aleksei Peshkov (later, Maxim Gorky)
Natalya, the washer-woman
Akulina Ivanovna Kashirina
Matriona Ivanovna
Sergeyev, the son-in-law
Ivanovna-Sergeyeva, daughter
Viktor Ivanov, son
The Rich Woman With Books (segment "like Queen Margo")
Smury, the cook
Sergei, the ship's waiter
Ship's Steward
Grandfather Kachirin