The Brothers Karamazov Character List

The Brothers Karamazov character list ❖ PART 1 ➢ Book I: The History of a Family ▪ ▪ Chapter 1 • Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov : The father of the Karamazov family. Used to be poor but became a wealthy landowner. Lives a very sensual lifestyle. He married Adelaide Miusov, who later died after leaving him. • Adelaide Miusov: The first wife of Fyodor Karamazov and Dmitri's mother. Eloped with a divinity student and died shortly afterwards. Chapter 2 • Pyotr Alexandrovich Miusov: Cousin of Adelaide. Helped Dmitri for a while. Filled with the enlightenment ideas of the 1840s and met people like Bakunin. Has a feud with the village monastery. • Grigory: Servant of Fyodor Karamazov. Looked after Dmitri for a while when Dmitri's mother left. • Dmitri Karamazov: The son of Fyodor and the daughter of Adelaide Miusov. Was taken in by the servant Gregory after his mother left. Later helped by Peter Miusov, but afterwards passed through the family. Very unrestrained person. Has a financial dispute with his father. ▪ Chapter 3 • Ivan Karamazov: The middle son of Fyodor. Smart, withdrawn, went to university. Grew up with financial issues and made a living by himself. The son of Sophia, making him Alyosha's brother and Dmitry's half-brother. He wrote an article on ecclesiastical courts, sparking interests both by atheists and Christians. Especially those of the village monastery. • Sophia: Orphan daughter of a deacon. Abused by her guardian and subsequently emotionally abused after marrying Fyodor. Died of insanity when Alyosha was 4 and Ivan 7. The mother of Alyosha and Ivan. • Yefim Petrovich Polenov: Chief inheritor of Sophia's guardian. He looked after Ivan and Alyosha's education. ▪ Chapter 4 • Alexei (Alyosha) Karamazov: Fyodor's youngest son. Ivan's brother and Dmitry's halfbrother. Son of Sophia. He loves humanity and everyone loves him. Wants to join the village monastery under Father Zossima. ▪ Chapter 5 • Father Zosima: A leading elder at the village monastery. He used to be in the army. He is so respected that some consider him a saint and expect miracles from him. He is Alyosha's tutor. ➢ Book II: An Unfortunate Gathering ▪ Chapter 1 • Peter Kalganov: Distant relative of Miusov. Young, preparing to enter university. A friend of Alyosha. • Maximov: A bald landowner of Tula. ▪ Chapter 2 • Father Joseph: The monastery librarian. • Father Paissy: A learned monk. • Rakitin: A divinity student under the protection of the monastery. • Porfiry: A novice at the monastery. ▪ Chapter 3 • Madame K/Hohlakov: A silly, meddlesome, wealthy widow who is also Katerina's confidante. Has a partially paralyzed girl of fourteen. • Lise Hohlakov: Partially paralyzed daughter of Madam Hohlakov. Charming face, full of gaiety. Has "a gleam of mischief in her big dark eyes with their long lashes". ▪ Chapter 7 • Kuzma Samsonov: A coarse, uneducated provincial mayor. Supposedly Grushenka's former lover. ➢ Book III: The Sensualists ▪ Chapter 1 • Marfa: Grigory's wife. ▪ Chapter 2 • Lizaveta: An "idiot" girl. Mother of Smerdyakov. Possibly raped(?) by Fyodor. Died in childbirth in Fyodor's garden. • Smerdyakov (Pavel): Daughter of Lizaveta and possibly Fyodor. Raised by Gregory and a servant in Fyodor's home as a cook and valet. ▪ Chapter 4 • Katerina: Dmitry's fiance. She saved her father who owed money by being willing to sell herself to Dmitry. But Dmitry did not go through with it and simply gave her the money instead. ▪ Chapter 9 • Grushenka: (Often mentioned earlier but only met here). Dmitri's lover. Fyodor is also in love with her. She is tall, with dark brown hair, and blue eyes. Passionate and changeable. ❖ PART 2 ➢ Book IV: Lacerations ▪ Chapter 1 • Father Ferapont: A secluded monk at the monastery. Rude, isolated, dislikes Zossima. Lives like an ascetic. ▪ Chapter 5 • Snegiryov: A former captain insulted by Dmitri. Very poor. Has 6 children and an insane wife. • Ilusha: Snegiryov's son. Ill. He bit Alyosha's finger. • Nina: Snegiryov's daughter. A hunchback. • Varvara: Also Snegiryov's daughter. A student who wants to help the emancipation of women. ➢ Book VI: The Russian Monk ▪ ❖ PART 3 Chapter 1 • Markel: Zossima's brother. Died when he was 17. He became a Christian shortly before that. • Michael: A mysterious visitor of Zossima's early life. ➢ Book VIII: Dmitri ▪ Chapter 5 • Peter Perhotin: A young official. A wealthy bachelor fond of guns. • Fenya: (Probably mentioned earlier) One of Grushenka's servants. ▪ Chapter 6 • Trifon Plastunov: The innkeeper at Mokroe. ▪ Chapter 7 • Vrublevsky: A Pole. A friend and bodyguard of Grushenka's former Polish lover. • Mussyalovitch (the short Pole): Grushenka's former lover who abandoned her as a teenager. ▪ Chapter 8 ➢ Michael Makarov: The police captain. A retired lieutenant-colonel and a widower. ➢ Mavriky Mavrikyevitch Schmertsov: The (deputy?) inspector of police. ➢ Book IX: The Preliminary Investigation ▪ Chapter 2 • Varvinsky: The district doctor. A young man who recently graduated from the Academy of Medicine. • Ippolit Kirillovitch: The deputy-prosecutor, though everyone calls him the prosecutor. About thirty-five, consumptive, and married to a fat and childless woman. Vain and irritable, though smart and has a good heart. Has artistic leanings toward psychology, especially human emotions. • Nicholas Nelyudov: A young investigating laywer. Of good family and education. Leads a life of pleasure. Short and delicate looking. Always wears a number of glittering rings on his little fingers. Has a special gift for mystifying murderers and other criminals during questioning. ❖ PART 4 ➢ Book 10: The Boys ▪ Chapter 1 • • • • ▪ Chapter 2 • • ▪ Kolya Krassotkin: Middle-class boy. Probably around 12? Strong, intelligent, and domineering. Stabbed by Ilusha. Madame Krassotkin: The widow fo a former provincial secretary. Nice-looking, thirtytwo. Lives in a neat little house with a small income. Kolya's mother. Dardanelov: A middle-aged bachelor in love with Madame Krassotkin. Kolya's teacher. Perezvon: Kolya's dog. A big, shaggy, mangy dog. Blind in one eye. Kostya: Young son of a doctor's wife renting from Kolya's mother. Nastya: Young daughter of a doctor's wife renting from Kolya's mother. She is a year older than Kostya. Chapter 3 • • Smurov: One of the schoolboys. In the preparatory class (two classes below Kolya). Son of a well-to-do official. His parents do not allow him to associate with Kolya. Zhutchka: A dog that is either dead or missing. Shaggy, grayish, smoky-looking. Similar to Perezvon. ➢ Book XII: A Judicial Error ▪ Chapter 1 • Fetyukovitch: The lawyer for the defense. Famous all over Russia for his cases (note: the prosecutor was already introduced in Book IX - see above). The Brothers Karamazov important characters to remember The Brothers Karamazov cheat sheet