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).

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.

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.

The main characters from "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky: the full list of characters with discription

The novel "Crime and Punishment" is famous, amoung other things, for its variety of characters.

Of course, the main characters in the novel are Raskolnikov and Sonia Marmeladov. 

But Dostoevsky created such remarkable characters as Svidrigailov, Luzhin, Mr. Marmeladov, Razumihin, Katerina Ivanovna, Zossimov and others. 

In the table below you will find the full list of characters from the novel "Crime and Punishment" of Dostoevsky. (starting with the most important characters.)

All the characters from "Crime and Punishment": the system of the characters in a scheme

"Crime and Punishment": the system of the characters (in a scheme):

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Raskolnikov's quotes from "Crime and Punishment"

Characters from the novel "Crime and punishment" by Dostoevsky: the list of the main characters with description (list)

Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and punishment" gave many outstanding characters to the world of literature.

The most famous characters in the novel are:

• poor but proud ex-student Rodion Raskolnikov 
• kind and self giving Sonia Marmeladov (Sonechka)
• drunkard ex-clerk Marmeladov 
• mean-spirited and greedy lawyer Luzhin
• extravagant and dissolute landowner Svidrigaolov and many others.

In this arcticle you can find the list of characters of the novel "Crime and punishment" of Dostoevsky. Each character has the description and information about it's role in the novel.