# Liudmilla — The Little Demon character guide > Liudmilla in The Little Demon by Fyodor Sologub. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Liudmilla Platonovna, Liudmillotchka **First appearance:** 0006-i ## Snapshot A perfumed, bracelet-rattling young woman who turns her idle afternoons into a campaign of scent, dreams, and parasol-swinging pursuit of a schoolboy. ## Who they are Liudmilla dresses gaily, orders perfume from Petersburg, and arranges her sisters' errands so she can catch Sasha alone, telling herself it is sympathy for a lonely boy. Her dreams of him grow so habitual her sisters ask each morning how she dreamed of Sasha. She is the novel's dab of vermilion against Peredonov's grey—yet even her idyll gets smudged by the town's lies, and her charm is inseparable from her self-deception. ## Relationships ### [Sasha Pilnikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/sasha_pilnikov) _romantic_ Liudmilla is obsessively infatuated with the young Sasha, engaging in a predatory and eroticized relationship. ### [Peredonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/peredonov) _social_ Liudmilla and Peredonov are acquaintances in the town, but she largely ignores him due to her obsession with Sasha. ### [Sasha Pilnikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/sasha_pilnikov) _romantic_ Liudmilla is obsessively infatuated with the young Sasha, engaging in a predatory and eroticized relationship. ### [Sasha Pilnikov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/sasha_pilnikov) _romantic_ Liudmilla is obsessively infatuated with the young Sasha, engaging in a predatory and eroticized relationship. ### [Peredonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/peredonov) _social_ Liudmilla and Peredonov are acquaintances in the town, but she largely ignores him due to her obsession with Sasha. ### [Peredonov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/peredonov) _social_ Liudmilla and Peredonov are acquaintances in the town, but she largely ignores him due to her obsession with Sasha. ## In the story ### [Translators’ Preface](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/translators-preface) Referenced as part of the beautiful Sasha-Liudmilla episode that contrasts with the Peredonovian atmosphere. ### [Author's Preface to the Second Russian Edition, 1908](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/author-s-preface-to-the-second-russian-edition-1908) Listed among the characters depicted in the novel. ### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/i) One of Routilov's sisters, mentioned as a potential bride for Peredonov. ### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/iv) One of the Routilov sisters; laughs at Peredonov's indecision and shouts gibes after him. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xiv) Visits Kokovkina to see Sasha, flirts with him, and later dreams erotically about him, confirming her infatuation. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xvi) Obsessed with Sasha, she schemes to meet him alone, scents him, and initiates a pattern of intimate visits. ### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xvii) Liudmilla expresses her innocent yet intense attraction to Sasha, bringing him home, feeding him dates, and introducing him to perfumes. She wrestles and tickles him, reveling in the sensual tension. ### [XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xx) Her name is linked with Sasha Pilnikov in town rumors; Sasha is teased about their relationship. ### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxiii) One of the Routilov sisters; laughs during the wedding ceremony, and her laughter sounds like untameable furies to Peredonov. ### [Chapter XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxiv) Mentioned as one of the Routilov sisters; Routilov is present at Peredonov's home. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxvi) Provocative and sensual, dresses Sasha in costumes, expresses pagan love for beauty and the naked body. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxvii) Gossiped about for her affection toward Sasha; she and her family work to discredit Peredonov's rumors. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxviii) Dresses Sasha in women's clothes; invents a play to explain to Kokovkina; prepares for the masked ball. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxix) Dressed as a gipsy, approaches Peredonov to tell his fortune, predicting he will die under a fence. ### [The Masked Ball and the Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxx) Tries desperately to reach the Geisha during the attack but is unable to push through the crowd. ### [XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/chapters/xxxi) One of the Routilov sisters, who takes the lead in charming Ekaterina Ivanovna and later visits Khripatch to defend Sasha. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters/liudmilla - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_little_demon_se/characters