# Sofya Ivanovna — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Sofya Ivanovna in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sofya

**First appearance:** 0005-part-i-iii-the-second-marriage-and-the-second-family

## Who they are

Fyodor Pavlovitch's second wife and mother of Ivan and Alyosha.

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