A character in Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Alyona's downtrodden, gentle half-sister, a peddler enslaved by the pawnbroker, who walks in on the murder scene and is killed by Raskolnikov as well.
Also known as: Lizaveta
Inside the story
Lizaveta Ivanovna is Alyona Ivanovna’s gentle, downtrodden half-sister, living under the pawnbroker’s control. She works as a peddler, carrying out errands and selling goods while enduring her sister’s harsh treatment in the crowded world of St. Petersburg.
A single woman of about thirty-five, tall, clumsy, timid and submissive to the point of seeming almost idiotic; perpetually cowed and fearful.
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