Why does Pulcheria refer to Raskolnikov's sister as "Dunya"

>>9872917
She's uneducated. You can always spot ignorant characters in Dostoevsky's novels by repetitions in their dialogues.

>>9872917
I think it's a Russian habit to call someone with a bit differently sounding nicknames

>>9872917

She's a cis-gendered white heterosexual woman and she is unaware of her privilege to travel between forms of address so she does so with reckless abandon and little concern for the reader.

>>9872951
>slavs
>white

>>9872942
This.
Also she really loves Raskolnikov, and display this kind of affection in person too. She is just overflowing with joy, since she is now able to write to his son after 3 months of silence.

>>9872955

In 100 years the only thing whiter than African Americans will be slavs.

>>9872955
what the fuck are you trying to say?

Anyone know what page raskolnikovs article is on?

>>9873263
I don't think it ever shows his article.

>>9872917

Dunechka is diminutive for Dunya, its an expression of affection.

>>9873504
Dunechka and dunya are both diminutives of avdotya

>>9873263
There isn't a literal article you can read but Raskolnikov and the police officer disscus it in lenght. Act 3, chapter 5