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Madame Krassotkin

Also known as Anna Fyodorovna.

Madame Krassotkin is Kolya's widowed mother, Anna Fyodorovna. Since her husband's death, her life has centered on raising her son, whom she loves with anxious, almost trembling devotion. Her fear for Kolya makes her overprotective, but it also helps explain the boy's resistance to sentimental display.

X-II. Children

She is absent from home because she is helping the doctor's wife with a sudden household emergency. Her absence leaves Kolya guarding the house, the lodger children, and Perezvon.

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