# Rachel — What Is to Be Done? character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0088-xv-vi-ra-pavlovna-s-fourth-dream

## Who they are

A famous actress mentioned in the narrative.

## In the story

### [XXIX: An Extraordinary Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/xxix-an-extraordinary-man)

A Jewish secondhand dealer and friend of Viéra Pavlovna, called to value and buy her belongings.

### [XXXI: A Colloquy with the Sapient Reader, and His Banishment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_is_to_be_done_se/chapters/xxxi-a-colloquy-with-the-sapient-reader-and-his-banishment)

Mentioned as a minor character who advanced money for Vera to leave, but not an important character.

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