Katerina Ivanovna's Madness and Death

From Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Marmeladov's consumptive widow goes mad with grief and pride, parading her children to sing in the streets before collapsing and dying.
Part 5, Chapter 5

Katerina Ivanovna's death scene: 'No more priests!... God must forgive me without that... He knows how I have suffered!... The nag is beaten to death!'

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