A character in Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Marmeladov's consumptive, proud second wife and Sonia's stepmother, an officer's educated daughter reduced to squalor, who unravels into feverish madness after her husband's death.
Also known as: Katerina Ivanovna
Inside the story
Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladov is the consumptive, proud second wife of Marmeladov and Sonia’s stepmother. Once the educated daughter of an officer, she now struggles to preserve her dignity while living in severe poverty and squalor with her family.
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