What Is to Be Done? · Character
Nekrásof
Russian poet referenced in the text.
minor
Also known as Nikolaï Alekseyevitch Nekrásof
First appearance: iii preface
Nekrásof shows up with force in VII. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Author of the poem read by Vera and Kirsanov.
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In VII: Author of the poem read by Vera and Kirsanov. Later, in Endnotes: Quoted in a note about a poem describing a girl like…
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This passage marks the dramatic climax because the speaker articulates a decisive psychological reversal: she…
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See Nekrásof in iii preface