# Feódor — What Is to Be Done? character guide

> Feódor in What Is to Be Done? by Nikolay Chernyshevsky.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0006-part-i-the-life-of-vi-ra-pavlovna-in-her-parents-family

## Who they are

A servant or minor functionary in the story.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/i)

Viéra's younger brother, a nine-year-old boy.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/i)

Viérotchka's little brother, who is being prepared for the gymnasium and chatters freely to Lopukhóf about family matters, including his sister's forced marriage.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/ii)

Referenced as the source of earlier descriptions of Lopukhóf and Viérotchka, which are now corrected.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/vi)

The boy receiving lessons from Lopukhóf; his education is discussed by Marya Alekséyevna.

### [VIII: The Temptation of Hamlet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/viii-the-temptation-of-hamlet)

Delivers Marya Alekséyevna's message asking Viéra and Lopukhóf to move their conversation.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/xxii)

Beaten by Marya Alekséyevna at the door, then flees to the rear stairs.

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