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Captain Lebyadkin
A drunken, boastful retired captain who clings to a shabby gentility and hints darkly at a secret involving Stavrogin that he is too afraid to tell.
supporting
Also known as Mr. Lebyadkin, Lebyadkin, Ignat Lebyadkin, this Lebyadkin
First appearance: demons
As a supporting figure in Demons, Captain Lebyadkin is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A dubious character who lives at Virginsky's expense after becoming the preferred partner of Virginsky's wife; later disappears from town.
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Captain Lebyadkin is a disgraced former officer living in squalid circumstances with his sister Marya Timofeyevna, surviving on borrowed money and self-aggrandizing monologues. He claims to possess a secret about…
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This scene is the dramatic climax because it forces Stavrogin to confront the core crisis of his identity: his…
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