# Viéra Pavlovna — What Is to Be Done? character guide

> Viéra Pavlovna in What Is to Be Done? by Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Viéra Pavlovna Rozalskaïa, Viéra Pavlovna Lopukhóva, Viéra Kirsánova, Viéra Pavlovna Kirsánova, Viérotchka, Viérka

**First appearance:** 0006-part-i-the-life-of-vi-ra-pavlovna-in-her-parents-family

## Who they are

Central protagonist, a young woman seeking independence and love through rational self-interest.

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