Summary On his way to see Sonya, Raskolnikov wonders if it is absolutely necessary to tell Sonya who killed Lizaveta. When she meets him, she had indeed been waiting for him and she pleads that he not talk to her the way he did yesterday — “there is enough misery […]
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Summary Katerina Ivanovna is excited to see Luzhin, thinking he has suddenly become her savior, but she is struck dumb when he disclaims all knowledge of her father and he stands disdainfully apart from her and avoids her as much as possible. Luzhin then announces the purpose of his visit; […]
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Summary At Katerina Ivanovna’s, the funeral party is just beginning. The dinner was given so as to “do like other people.” The party far exceeds Katerina’s means to pay, but she insisted on inviting everyone, even her landlady, Amalia Fyodorovna Lippewechsel, whom she dislikes intensely; Lebezyatnikov who once beat her; […]
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Summary The next morning in Luzhin’s rooms, he still thinks of his unfortunate break with Dunya and his thoughts are interrupted by his roommate, Lebezyatnikov, who sees himself an advanced thinker. They discuss ideas important in Russia at this time. The discussion eventually comes around to Sonya, whom Luzhin wants […]
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Summary This chapter is told “afterwards. . .Raskolnikov recalled it this way.” There was an unexpected amount of noise and the unexpected arrival of several subordinates. Porfiry is very annoyed that his plans have been interrupted, but a prisoner (Nikolay, the house painter at the scene of the crime) was […]
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Summary The day after his meeting with Sonya, Raskolnikov performs the unpleasant task of going to the Criminal Investigating section of the police department to officially file a claim to his two pawned items. He is filled with intense dread because he hated Porfiry “with an intense, unmitigated hatred” and […]
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Summary “Raskolnikov went straight to. . .where Sonya lived.” His appearance there agitates and frightens Sonya. Rodya is stunned at how her apartment reeks of poverty and at how thin she is. As they sit together, Rodya questions her about her landlord Kapernaumov, about her profession, and then about her […]
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Summary Luzhin refuses to believe that such a magnificent prize as Dunya could possibly escape him. “In his dreams, he was already her lord and master,” and he plans to use her mainly to forward his own career. Meanwhile, Rodya tells his sister that Svidrigailov wants to see her and […]
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Summary On their way to the meeting with Luzhin, Rodya explains who Svidrigailov is and says: “I don’t know why, but I am very afraid of that man.” He hopes Razumihkin will help him guard Dunya from Svidrigailov, and, of course, Razumihkin agrees. They meet Luzhin outside the apartment, and […]
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Summary Svidrigailov announces that he has come to see Raskolnikov for two reasons: First, he has long wanted to meet him, and second, he wants help in obtaining an interview with Dunya. Raskolnikov’s immediate response is a negative one, and Svidrigailov begins to reveal himself freely and openly to Raskolnikov […]
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