# Ferfitchkin — Notes from Underground character guide

> Ferfitchkin in Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ferfitchkin, That rascal Ferfitchkin

**First appearance:** 0015-ii

## Who they are

A spiteful former schoolmate of the Underground Man at the farewell dinner.

## Relationships

### [Apollon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/characters/apollon)

_social_

Apollon and Ferfitchkin have little direct contact, but both serve as figures of contempt and irritation in the Underground Man's life.

### [Liza](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/characters/liza)

_social_

Ferfitchkin and Liza have no direct interaction, but both are victims of the Underground Man's spite in different contexts.

## In the story

### [Part II: À Propos of the Wet Snow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/chapters/part-ii-propos-of-the-wet-snow)

A former schoolmate who openly insults the Underground Man during the dinner.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/chapters/iii)

A former schoolmate whom the narrator expects to snigger at him to curry favor with Zverkov.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/chapters/iv)

Laughs at the narrator's predicament, calls him a 'spiteful brute,' and accepts the narrator's challenge to a duel.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/notes_from_underground_se/chapters/v)

Imagined as one who will tug at the narrator's hair during the anticipated brawl.

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