The Idiot · Character
Pyotr Matveyevich Bachmutov
A young officer who helps Hippolyte.
minor
Also known as Bachmatoff, Peter Matveyevitch Bachmatoff, this young Bachmatoff, Peter, Poor Bachmatoff
First appearance: Chapter VI
Pyotr Matveyevich Bachmutov shows up with force in Chapter VI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Former school enemy of Hippolyte, who agrees to help the medical man through his uncle's influence.
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The narrative climax occurs here because Varvara Ardalionovna’s return home in a state of “considerable mental…
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