# Arina Petrovna — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Arina Petrovna in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Arina

**First appearance:** 0059-part-iii-v-a-sudden-resolution

## Who they are

A woman mentioned in the narrative.

## In the story

### [VI: A Laceration in the Cottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-ii-vi-a-laceration-in-the-cottage)

The captain's crippled wife, who speaks of her past and breaks into sobs about her loneliness.

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