Katerina Ivanovna from the novel "Crime and punishment": the character in quotes (Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova)

Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov is a secondary but very interesting, touching and memorable character from the novel "Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky. 

It's important to differ Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov from the other Katerina Ivanovna from "The Brothers Karamazov". These women are different characters from two different novels. 

In this article we are talking about the heroine of "Crime and Punishment" - Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov. 

Who is Katerina Ivanovna in "Crime and Punishment"?

Katerina Ivanovna is the wife of a drunkard ex clerk, Mr. Marmeladov and is also the stepmother of famous Sonia Marmeladov (also - Sonya Marmeladova, Sonechka).

Raskolnikov's theory in the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky

"Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky is a detective novel about a crime commited by Rodion Raskolnikov (Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov). 

But why he commited the crime? The truth is that Raskolnikov murdered the old pawnbroker Alyona Ivanovna and her sister Lizaveta in order to prove his theory.

What is Raskolnikov's theory about?

Raskolnikov's theory in "Crime and Punishment" may seem complicated but it is quite simple. He believed that there are two types of men in the world:

Svidrigailov from the novel "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky: the character in quotes

If you have ever read the novel ¨Crime and Punishment¨ of Dostoevsky, you probably remember forever some main characters. And one of those leading characters is Mr. Svidrigailov. 

Who is Svidrigailov?

Mr. Svidrigailov (Arkady Ivanovitch Svidrigaïlov) is one of the famous and memorable characters from the novel "Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky.

There is no doubt that Svidrigailov is a villain, a negative character. But as it always happens in Dostoevsky´s novels, sometimes his is not lacking in good intentions. All this makes Svidrigailov a very contradictory character.

7 reasons to read "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky: the most important facts about the novel

"Crime and Punishment" is worldwide famous novel written by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

This psychological detective was written in 1865-1866 but still it is actual and interesting for many people all over the world.

Here are 7 reasons to read the outstanding novel "Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky:

1. "Crime and Punishment" is quite unusual detective where the reader knows who is the murderer from the beginning. And still the novel is suspenseful and absorbing from the beginning till the end. Dostoevsky make the reader guess and wonder how the novel ends.

Sonia Marmeladova in the novel "Crime and Punishment": the character in quotations (Sonya Marmeladov)

Sonia Marmeladov (also called Sonya Marmeladova) is one of the main heros in the novel "Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky.

Sonia Marmeladov's full name is Sofya Semyonovna Marmeladov. In the novel "Crime and Punishment" she is mostly called Sonia.

Who is Sonia Marmeladov?

Sonia Marmeladov is a young girl of 18 years old who has to work as a prostitute to provide for her family - her drankard father, her stepmother and three children of her stepmother - Katerina Ivánovna.