Dunya and Luzhin

From Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Raskolnikov's sister Dunya plans to marry the self-important lawyer Luzhin to save the family—a transaction Raskolnikov sees as a parallel to Sonia's prostitution.
Part 1, Chapter 3

The mother's letter reveals Dunya's engagement; Raskolnikov rages at the implicit prostitution: 'Sonechka, Sonechka Marmeladov, the eternal Sonechka, while the world lasts!'

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Part 4, Chapter 2

Confrontation where Dunya breaks with Luzhin after his humiliating exhibition of his 'rational' worldview.

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