Praskovya Pavlovna

Zarnitsyna, Praskovya Pavlovna, (Pashenka) - Raskolnikov's Landlady

Description: Shy and retiring, never one for conversations or the whys or wherefores of life. She was a rather plump woman of about forty, with black eyes and eyebrows, good-natured, like many large, idle women, even very pretty, and ridiculously bashful.

Pronunciation

Part One

Chapter 3

We learn that she’s complained to the police about Raskolnikov’s debt.

Part Two

Chapter 3

Peeks in the door, then leaves when Raskolnikov awakens from his delirium. Razumikhin has had a chat with her about Raskolnikov and said that she claims to be 36. She explained that she wanted Raskolnikov out because he no longer had work, he’d quit school and, with the death or her daughter, the marriage promise was now null and void.