Muichkine, a young Russian prince, returns home to St. Petersburg from a mental institution, determined to spread decency and kindness in the harsh and cruel world. He becomes betrothed to an innocent young girl while trying to save a less-innocent woman from her own travail, but jealousy and his own naivete conjoin to bring about unimaginable tragedy.
Prince Miouchkine

Nastasia Philipovna

Rogogine

Madame Ivolvine

Totsky

Aglaé Epantchine

Naria

General Elisabeth Prokovievna Epanchine

General Epantchine
Gania Ivolvine

Sophie Ivolvine

Luliane Timofeevich Lebediev, the drunkard

Adélaïde Epantchine

Alexandra Epantchine
Ivolvine

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