A character in Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A ruined, drink-sodden titular counsellor and Sonia's father, who pours out his self-lacerating confession to Raskolnikov in a tavern and later dies run over by a carriage.
Also known as: Marmeladov, Semyon Zaharovitch
Inside the story
Semyon Zaharovitch Marmeladov is an impoverished former titular counsellor whose drinking has ruined his prospects. He is Sonia’s father and Katerina Ivanovna’s husband, and when he meets Raskolnikov in a tavern, he pours out a painful confession about his life and family.
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