Inside the story
Meet Avdotya Romanovna Raskolnikov
Avdotya Romanovna, known as Dounia, is Raskolnikov’s proud, strong-willed sister. Concerned for her brother and family, she faces a proposed marriage to the calculating Pyotr Luzhin, a decision that places her personal hopes against her sense of duty.
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Remarkably good-looking and really beautiful; tall, strikingly well-proportioned, strong and self-reliant in every gesture yet graceful, with dark brown hair a little lighter than her brother's and a face resembling his.
