Hello friends today we are discuss this question, the question is -“If you like, I’ll make you a present of them.”-Who is the speaker? Who is the person spoken to? What would the speaker make a present of? Why did the speaker say so ?
The speaker of the above mentioned line is Ivan Vassilevitch Lomov. Natalya Stepanovna is the person spoken to. The speaker, Lomov would make a present of the Oxen Meadows to Natalya. Lomov and Natalya had a quarrel over the ownership of Oxen Meadows. According to Lomov, the peasants of Natalya’s father’s grandfather used to bake bricks for his aunt’s grandmother. Therefore, the Oxen Meadows which Natalya claimed to be the property of the Chubukovs, actually belonged to the Lomovs. As Lomov was going to marry Natalya, he could make a present of them to her.