The Insulted and the Injured (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky
- First Published: 1861
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: St. Petersburg
- Genres: Long fiction, Realism, Social realism
- Subjects: Class conflict, Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Aristocracy or aristocrats, Russia or Russian people
- Locales: St. Petersburg, Russia
Characters Discussed
Ivan Petrovitch (ee-VAHN peh- TROH-vihch), the narrator, a young author. He has a selfless devotion to his friends; at a time when his own literary career is at a crux and he might be forgiven for indulging his own concerns, he immerses himself in the troubles of everyone around him. He becomes the universal confidant, and his is the common shoulder on which they cry. An orphan, he was taken in by the Ichmenyevs; he and Natasha had been reared together and fallen in love. Shortly before the main action of the novel, he had made a great success with his...
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