# Nina — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Nina in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0078-part-iv-v-by-ilusha-s-bedside

## Who they are

Ilusha's sickly younger sister.

## 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 other daughter, a hunchback, who hides her eyes in her handkerchief during the emotional scene.

### [Precocity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-vi-precocity)

Mentioned as a crippled girl in the household; Kolya notes her reproachful whisper.

### [VII: Ilusha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-vii-ilusha)

Ilusha's sister, who cries quietly in her chair during the emotional scene.

### [III: Ilusha’s Funeral. The Speech at the Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-iv-iii-ilusha-s-funeral-the-speech-at-the-stone)

Ilusha's sister, urges her father to give a flower to their mother, and kisses her brother's lips as the coffin is carried out.

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