minor character in Dostoevskii

[Ilya Kliger]

Dear Steven,
Meshchanin surely refers to the man who accuses Raskolnikov of being a 
murderer
in Part Three, Chapter Six of the novel and then appears (or rather fails to
appear from) behind the partition in Porfiry Petrovich's office.  In Part Four
Chapter Six he does appear again to apologize to Raskolnikov.  Hope 
this helps.

Best,
Ilya


Quoting Prof Steven P Hill <s-hill4 at UIUC.EDU>:

> Dear colleagues, particularly those who know Dostoevskii well:
>
> In an old German film version of "Crime and Punishment," a minor actor
> named Bersen'ev is credited with a role called in German "Kleinbuerger."
> Perhaps Bersen'ev's role could be understood as "the petty bourgeois"?
> But then, a French source identifies Bersen'ev's role in the same film as
> "le Voisin,"  which seems to come out as "neighbor."
>
> For those who know "Prestuplenie i nakazanie" inside out, is there any
> character in the novel who is identified by Dostoevskii either as
> "meshchanin" ("the petty bourgeois"), as"sosed" ("the neighbor"), or
> as something similar?
>
> P.S.  It's definitely not Luzhin (who might conceivably be viewed as
> rather  bourgeois), whose role is clearly assigned to a different actor...
>
> Gratefully,
> Steven P Hill,
> University of Illinois.
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