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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Alyosha Karamazov | Alexei Fyodorovich Karamazov, primarily called Alyosha, is the youngest son of Fyodor Pavlovich and the second son of his second wife Sofia. Read More |
| Ivan Karamazov | Ivan Fyodorovich Karamazov is Fyodor Pavlovich's middle son, and the first son of his second wife, Sofia. Read More |
| Dmitri Karamazov | Dmitri Fyodorovich Karamazov, often called Mitya, is the eldest son of Fyodor Karamazov by his first wife, Adelaida. Read More |
| Fyodor Karamazov | Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is an amoral, drunken buffoon with three legitimate sons by two wives. Read More |
| Pavel Smerdyakov | Pavel Fyodorovich Smerdyakov, most often called by his last name, is the son of Lizaveta, the town's holy fool, a mentally handicapped woman who was raped. Read More |
| Grushenka | Agrafena Alexandrovna Svetlov, primarily called Grushenka, is the love interest of Dmitri and his father Fyodor Pavlovich. Read More |
| Katerina | Katerina Ivanovna Verkhovtseva, primarily called Katerina, is Dmitri's fiancée. Read More |
| Adelaida Ivanovna | Adelaida Ivanovna is Fyodor Pavlovich's first wife and the mother of Dmitri. |
| Agafya Ivanovna | Agafya Ivanovna is the half-sister of Katerina. |
| Andrei | Andrei is the troika driver who takes Dmitri to Mokroye. |
| Brother Anfim | Brother Anfim is an old friend of Zosima's who traveled with him when they were young monks. |
| Anna Fyodorovna | Anna Fyodorovna is the mother of Kolya. |
| Arina Petrovna | Arina Petrovna is the wife of Captain Snegiryov. |
| Trifon Borisovich | Trifon Borisovich (Borisich) is the innkeeper at Mokroye. |
| Fenya | Fedosya Markovna (mostly called Fenya; also Fedosya Markov) is Grushenka's maid. |
| Father Ferapont | Father Ferapont is the holy fool who lives alone in a hut on the monastery grounds. |
| Fetyukovich | Fetyukovich is the famous lawyer who comes to defend Dmitri. |
| Foma | Foma is a retired soldier who rents a room from the old woman who lives next door to Fyodor Pavlovich. |
| Gorstkin | Gorstkin (Lyagavy) is a merchant who wants to buy a woodlot in Chermashnya from Fyodor Pavlovich. |
| Herzenstube | Doctor Herzenstube is an old family doctor in town. |
| Father Iosif | Father Iosif is the monastery librarian. |
| Ippolit Kirillovich | Ippolit Kirillovich is the deputy prosecutor who tries the case against Dmitri. |
| Kalganov | Pyotr (Petrusha) Fomich Kalganov is Miusov's young nephew. |
| Madame Khokhlakov | Madame Katerina Osipovna Khokhlakov is a rich widow who has a house in town. |
| Kolya | Nikolai Ivanov (most often called Kolya) Krasotkin is an older boy who befriends Ilyusha. |
| Grigory Kutuzov | Grigory Vasilievich (Vasiliev) Kutuzov is the manservant of Fyodor Pavlovich. |
| Marfa Kutuzova | Marfa is the wife of Grigory Kutuzov. |
| Lise | Lise (Lisa) is a teenage girl who suffers from hysteria and is in love with Alyosha. |
| Lizaveta | Lizaveta Smerdyashchaya (Stinking Lizaveta), a holy fool, is the mother of Smerdyakov. |
| Makarov | Mikhail Makarovich (also Makarich) Makarov is the district police commissioner. |
| Maria Kondratievna | Maria Kondratievna is the daughter of the old woman who lives next door to Fyodor Pavlovich; she is in love with Smerdyakov. |
| Markel | Markel is Zosima's older brother who died while still a youth. |
| Matryona | Matryona is Grushenka's cook and Fenya's mother. |
| Maximov | Maximov (Maxmushka) is an impoverished old landowner who comes to town on a pilgrimage. |
| Father Mikhail | Father Mikhail is the Father Superior, or head, of the monastery. |
| Mikhail | Mikhail is a murderer saved by Zosima. |
| Mussyalovich | Pan Mussyalovich is the Polish officer who betrayed Grushenka. |
| Widow Morozov | Widow Morozov is the woman who owns the cottage that Grushenka lives in. |
| Father Paissy | Father Paissy is a priest who is devoted to Zosima. |
| Nazar Ivanovich | Nazar Ivanovich is the porter at Widow Morozov's house. |
| Nikolai Parfenovich | Nikolai Parfenovich Nelyudov is the district attorney and investigating lawyer in Dmitri's case. |
| Nina Nikolaevna | Nina Nikolaevna is the handicapped daughter of Captain Snegiryov. |
| Pyotr Ilyich Perkhotin | Pyotr Ilyich is a young official and acquaintance of Dmitri. |
| Porfiry | Porfiry is a novice at the monastery. |
| Rakitin | Rakitin is a seminary student and careerist who dislikes the Karamazovs. |
| Samsonov | Kuzma Kuzmich Samsonov is the merchant who rescued Grushenka and became her benefactor/lover. |
| Smurov | Smurov is a classmate of Ilyusha's who is befriended by Alyosha. |
| Captain Snegiryov | Nikolai Ilyich Snegiryov is a retired captain who lives in poverty with his family. |
| Ilyusha Snegiryov | Ilyusha Snegiryov (sometimes called Ilyushechka or Ilyushka) is the young son of Captain Snegiryov. |
| Sofia Ivanovna | Sofia Ivanovna is the second wife of Fyodor Pavlovich and mother of Ivan and Alyosha. |
| Varvara Nikolaevna | Varvara (Varya) Nikolaevna is the daughter of Captain Snegiryov and is a university student. |
| Varvinsky | Doctor Varvinsky is a young doctor who works in town and also testifies at Dmitri's trial. |
| Vrublevsky | Pan Vrublevsky is the young Pole who comes to town with Mussyalovich. |
| Yefim Petrovich | Yefim Petrovich Polenov was the guardian and benefactor of Ivan and Alyosha when they were children. |
| Elder Zosima | Elder (Father) Zosima is Alyosha's spiritual father and a Russian mystic. |
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