The Counterfeiters · Character

Mme Sophroniska

A doctor who treats Boris at Saas-Fee.

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Also known as Sophroniska, Mme, Madame Sophroniska

First appearance: II: Edouard's Journal: Little Boris

Mme Sophroniska shows up with force in II: Edouard's Journal: Little Boris. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Polish woman doctor treating Boris; uses dream analysis and confession; criticizes novelists' psychology.

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In II: Edouard's Journal: Little Boris: Polish woman doctor treating Boris; uses dream analysis and confession; criticizes novelists' psychology. Later, in III: Edouard Explains His Theory of the Novel: Participates in…

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Vedel Pension Circle
Extended Family and Acquaintances
Counterfeiting Scheme Associates

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II: Edouard's Journal: Little Boris
Polish woman doctor treating Boris; uses dream analysis and confession; criticizes novelists' psychology.
III: Edouard Explains His Theory of the Novel
Participates in the discussion, questioning Edouard's ideas about reality and abstraction; compares the novel to music and criticizes the fugue as abstract.
Edouard's Journal: Conversation with Sophroniska
Reveals Boris's secret practices and talisman; defends her therapeutic method; discusses Strouvilhou and considers Edouard's proposal.
XVIII: "The Strong Men"
Visits Boris to inform him of Bronja's death, shares his grief, and leaves for Poland.

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