# Afanasy Ivanovich Totsky — The Idiot character guide

> Afanasy Ivanovich Totsky in The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Afanasy Ivanovitch, Totski, Afanasy Ivanovitch Totski, Mr. Totski, the once bitten Totski

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-ii

## Who they are

A wealthy landowner who was Nastasya's former guardian and seducer.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-i-iv)

Totski orchestrates the plan to marry Nastasia to Gania, offering 75,000 roubles to secure his freedom; he remains fearful of Nastasia's past reactions.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-i-xiii)

Present and uneasy, objects to the proposed game but is overruled by Nastasia's insistence.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-i-xiv)

Tells a story about a past love affair; is shocked and bewildered when Nastasia rejects his marriage arrangement.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-i-xv)

Sits in dignified silence, observing Nastasia's outburst and the unfolding scandal.

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_idiot_se/chapters/part-i-xvi)

Observes the scene and mutters cynically about Myshkin's flattery.

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