Also known as Amalia Lippevechsel, Amalia Fyodorovna.
The landlady in whose divided flat the Marmeladovs rent their miserable space. She is part comic, part threatening, because rent, reputation, and household order are powers in a room where no one has money. Her quarrels with Katerina Ivanovna show how poverty turns lodging into public humiliation.
Part V, Chapter II
At Marmeladov's memorial dinner, her quarrel with Katerina Ivanovna helps turn ceremony into collapse.
Part V, Chapter V
Her eviction of Katerina and the children pushes the family into the street.
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