# Maximov — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Maximov in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Maximov

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

## Who they are

A garrulous old landowner and hanger-on at Mokroe.

## In the story

### [I: They Arrive at the Monastery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-i-they-arrive-at-the-monastery)

A landowner from Tula who eagerly offers to guide the visitors to the elder's hermitage.

### [VI: "I Am Coming, Too!"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-vi-i-am-coming-too)

A gentleman traveling with Kalganov, also at the inn.

### [VII: The First and Rightful Lover](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-vii-the-first-and-rightful-lover)

Tells rambling, comical tales about his marriages and being beaten for quoting Piron. He is treated as a source of amusement by the group.

### [Delirium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iii-viii-delirium)

Dances and sings for Grushenka, who asks Mitya to give him a present. He is referred to as the 'little old man.'

### [At Grushenka's](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-i-at-grushenka-s)

Lying ill on the sofa, he has been staying with Grushenka since returning from Mokroe two months ago.

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