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The Kapernaumov Family

Also known as Kapernaumov, the Kapernaumovs, Madame de Kapernaumov.

The tailor's family from whom Sonia rents her room. Marmeladov describes them as poor and marked by speech and bodily difficulty, but their household also gives Sonia a fragile place to live apart from public contempt.

Part VI, Chapter I

Their children appear around Katerina Ivanovna's death and Sonia's mourning, making the lodging a poor household rather than only Sonia's cell.

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