# Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Katerina Ivanovna Marmeladova in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Katerina Ivanovna, Ivanovna, Katerina

**First appearance:** 0004-part-i-iii

## Who they are

The proud, consumptive, and increasingly unstable widow of Semyon Marmeladov and stepmother to Sonia. Her tragic fate underscores the novel's social themes.

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