# Praskovya Ivanovna Drozdov — Demons character guide

> Praskovya Ivanovna Drozdov in Demons by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Praskovya Ivanovna, Praskovya, Drozdov

**First appearance:** 0001-demons

## Snapshot

Liza's high-strung mother, a widow of impulsive generosity and sharper gossip, she steers her daughter toward matches the town watches with relish.

## Who they are

Praskovya Ivanovna Drozdov moves through provincial society as a woman of means and nerves, alternately doting on her beautiful daughter Liza and trading in the rumors that swirl around the Stavrogins. Her impulsiveness and social anxiety make her easy to manipulate and quick to take offense, especially where Liza's future is concerned. Her maneuvering over her daughter's betrothal helps set the social clock ticking in the novel's middle stretch.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-i-i)

Liza's mother, ill and irritable, argues about professors and Nikolay Stavrogin.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-i-i)

Bursts in breathlessly to reclaim her daughter Liza, adding to the chaotic atmosphere.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

Visits Varvara Petrovna with a naive conviction that she will be feared, and shows violent aggression after long suffering insults.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/demons_se/chapters/part-i-iii)

Arrives agitated, accuses Varvara Petrovna of scandals, and points at Marya Timofyevna as the revealed truth.

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