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Fyodor Pavlovitch's Funeral

Also known as the funeral.

Fyodor Pavlovitch's funeral is already over when Ivan returns from Moscow five days after his father's death. Ivan misses the burial because Alyosha could not immediately find his Moscow address and had to send word through Katerina Ivanovna. At this horizon, the funeral marks how the murder has moved from household catastrophe into public aftermath before Ivan has even faced it in town.

XI-VI. The First Interview With Smerdyakov

By the time Ivan reaches town the burial is days behind everyone, and the murdered man's death has already hardened into a public sensation. The whole town has settled on Dmitri as the parricide, while Alyosha alone keeps naming Smerdyakov.

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Fyodor Pavlovitch's Funeral