# Antip Burdovsky — The Idiot character guide

> Antip Burdovsky in The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Burdovsky, Burdovsky, poor Mr. Burdovsky, Antip Burdovsky

**First appearance:** 0021-part-ii-vi

## Who they are

A young man claiming to be Pavlishchev's son, seeking money from Myshkin.

## In the story

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-ii-ix)

Stares in stupefaction as Lizabetha Prokofievna points at him and predicts he will become a murderer.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-ii-xii)

Sent a letter to the prince refusing money but acknowledging his help to his mother; described as proud and vain.

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