Crime and Punishment, Part 3, Chapter 2 summary

What happens

1. Razumihin wakes ashamed of his jealousy and insults toward Luzhin, then carefully prepares to visit the women.
2. Zossimov discusses Raskolnikov’s illness and asks that his mother and sister treat him carefully.
3. The women welcome Razumihin warmly, and he describes Raskolnikov’s difficult character, illness, and abandoned marriage plan.
4. Razumihin blames Raskolnikov for insulting Luzhin and apologizes for his own drunken remarks about the fiancé.
5. Luzhin’s letter excludes Raskolnikov from the evening meeting and reports his gift of twenty-five rubles to a dead man’s daughter.
6. Avdotya Romanovna insists on her brother’s attendance, and they approach his room as the watching landlady abruptly shuts her door.

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What to notice

Pulcheria Alexandrovna’s fear shows how illness and conflict unsettle the family reunion. Maternal affection does not remove her uncertainty about how to approach him.

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