Resurrection · Character
Martha
A prisoner and friend of Maslova.
minor
First appearance: xlviii
Martha shows up with force in V. The page is where that presence becomes real.
A poor widow whose husband is imprisoned for cutting birch trees on Nekhlúdoff's land; she has three children and a sick grandmother.
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- Closing
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See Martha in xlviii