| | | | Book I |
| 1 | | | Maslova In Prison |
| | Katerina | Maslova | A prisoner.aka: Katusha. |
| | Tchouvash | | A soldier. |
| 2 | | | Maslova's Early Life |
| | Sophia | Ivanovna | Katusha's godmother. |
| | Maria | Ivanovna | Sophia's sister. |
| | Carolina Albertovna | Kitaeva | A brothel-keeper. |
| 3 | | | Nekhludoff |
| | Dmitri Ivanovitch | Nekhludoff | Lieutenant of the guards. |
| | Agraphena | Petrovna | Formerly lady's maid to Nekhludoff's mother. |
| | Princess M. | Korchagin | Nekhludoff's bride to be. |
| | Ivan Ivanovitch | Kolosoff | A former Marechal de Noblesse now a bank director. |
| | Henry | George | An American political economist and journalist. |
| | Herbert | Spencer | An English philosopher and political theorist. |
| 4 | | | Missy |
| | Prince | Korchagin | Missy's father. |
| | Mary | Vasilievna | The Marechal's wife. |
| 5 | | | The Jurymen |
| | Peter | Baklasheff | A Merchant of the Second Guild. One of the juries. |
| | Peter | Gerasimovitch | A former teacher. One of the juries. |
| 6 | | | The Judges |
| | Clara | Vasilievna | Nekhludoff's acquaintance. |
| | Matthew | Nikitich | One of the members of the court. |
| | Breve | | A public prosecutor. |
| | Michael | Petrovitch | The president of the court. |
| 7 | | | The Officials Of The Court |
| | J. M. | Nikiforoff | A Councillor of State. |
| | Ivan Semionovitch | Ivanoff | A retired colonel. |
| | Youri Demitrievitch | Dantchenco | A merchant. |
| | Grigori Euphimitch | Kouleshoff | One of the officials of the court. |
| 9 | | | The Trial - The Prisoners Questioned |
| | Simeon Petrov | Kartinkin | One of the prisoners. |
| | Euphemia Ivanovna | Botchkova | One of the prisoners. |
| 10 | | | The Trial - The Indictment |
| | Therapont Emilianovich | Smelkoff | A merchant. |
| | Timokhin | | A merchant. Smellkoff's companion. |
| | Lubka | | Katerina Maslova's alias. |
| 11 | | | The Trial - Maslova Crossed-Examined |
| | Bertha | | Katerina's acquaintance. |
| 12 | | | Twelve Years Before |
| | Fyodor | Dostoevsky | A Russian novelist. |
| | Pierre-Nicolas | Tourgueneff | A French sculptor and painter. |
| | Matrona | Pavlovna | An old servant of Nekhludoff's aunt. |
| | Elena | Ivanovna | Nekhludoff's mother. |
| 14 | | | The Second Meeting With Maslova |
| | Tikhon | | A man-servant. |
| | Polkan | | A dog. |
| | Schonbock | | Nekhludoff's friend. |
| 21 | | | The Trial - The Prosecutor And The Advocates |
| | Sadko | | One of a hotel guests. |
| 25 | | | Nekhludoff Consults An Advocate |
| | Fanarin | | An advocate. |
| 26 | | | The House Of Korchagin |
| | Michael Sergeivitch | Telegin | Missy's cousin. aka:Misha. |
| | Sophia | Vasilievna | Missy's mother. |
| | Miss | Rayner | A governess of Missy's little sister. |
| | Petia | | Missy's brother. |
| | Katerina | Alexeevna | A maiden lady. |
| | Stephen | | A Korchagin's butler. |
| | Mr. | Crooks | Missy's acquaintance. |
| 27 | | | Missy's Mother |
| | Ilya | Repin | A Russian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth. |
| | Philip | | A footman. |
| | Caesare | Lombroso | An Italian criminologist, phrenologist, physician. |
| | Edvard | Grieg | A Norwegian composer and pianist. |
| 28 | | | The Awakening |
| | Corney | | Nekhludoff's man servant. |
| 30 | | | The Cell |
| | Korableva | | A woman who killed her husband with an axe. |
| | Theodosia | Birukoff | A woman who attempted to poison her husband. |
| | Khoroshavka | | A girl who was convicted for stealing and incandiarism. |
| 31 | | | The Prisoners |
| | Norableva | | One of the prisoners. |
| 32 | | | A Prison Quarrel |
| | Finashka | | Maslova's acquaintance. |
| | Emanuel | Schegloff | A linguist. |
| 33 | | | The Leaven At Work-Nekhludoff's Domestic Changes |
| | Natasha | | Nekhludoff''s sister. |
| | Lisenka | | Agraphena's married niece. |
| 43 | | | Nekhludoff Visits Maslova |
| | Mary | Karlovna | A warder. |
| 45 | | | Fanarin, The Advocate-The Petition |
| | Micky | Meslennikoff | Vice-governor at the prisons. |
| | Anatole | Kryltzoff | An author. |
| | Vsevolod | Garshin | A Russian author of short stories. |
| 46 | | | A Prison Flogging |
| | Menshova | | Maslova's acquaintance. |
| 47 | | | Nekhludoff again Visits Maslova |
| | Federoff | | The chief of robbers. |
| | Okhotin | | An inveterate thief. |
| 48 | | | Maslova Refuses To Marry |
| | Menshoff | | One of the prisoners. |
| 49 | | | Vera Doukhova |
| | Vera | Doukhova | A school-teacher in and out-of-the-way village. |
| | Joseph | | A driver. |
| 54 | | | Prisoners and Friends |
| | Kolia | | A boy who was in prison with his political prisoner's mother. |
| 55 | | | Vera Doukhova Explains |
| | Gourkevitch | | Doukhova's friend. |
| 56 | | | Nekhludoff And The Prisoners |
| | Medinzeff | | Nekhludoff's new acquaintance. |
| 57 | | | The Vice-Governor's "At Home" |
| | Anna | Ignatievna | The Vice-Governor's wife. |
| | Madam | Tilyaevsky | One of Anna Ignatievna's acquaintances. |
| | M. | Chernoff | One of Anna Ignatievna's acquaintances. |
| | | | Book II |
| 1 | | | Property In Land |
| | Kirimova | | Nekhludoff's mother's visitor. |
| 2 | | | Efforts At Land Restoration |
| | Vasili | Karlovitch | A steward. |
| 3 | | | Old Associations |
| | Panovo | | Nekhludoff's old acquaintance. |
| | Matrona Kharina | | Katusha's aunt. |
| 4 | | | The Peasants' Lot |
| | Fedka | | Nekhludoff's new acquaintance. |
| 5 | | | Maslova's Aunt |
| | Michael | | One of the peasants. |
| | Simon | Makhroff | One othe peasants. |
| | Martha | | One of the peasants. |
| | Anisia | | One of the peasants. |
| | Vaska | | One of the peasants. |
| | Malania | | A woman who took Katusha's baby. |
| 8 | | | God's Peace In The Heart |
| | Nikolenka | Irtenieff | Nekhludoff's acquaintance. |
| 9 | | | The Land Settlement |
| | Uncle Simon | | One of the land workers. |
| 12 | | | Why The Peasants Flock To Town |
| | Dufour | | A Frenchman who bought the estate from the former landlord. |
| 13 | | | Nurse Maslova |
| | Clara | | Maslova's acquaintance. |
| 14 | | | An Aristocratic Circle |
| | Lydia | Shoustova | Vera Doukhova's friend. |
| | Katerina Ivanovna | Tcharsky | Nekhludoff's aunt. |
| | Leo | | Katerina Ivanovna's cousin. |
| | Kiesewetter | | A preacher. |
| | Baron | Kriegsmuth | Nekhludoff's father's comrade. |
| | Tcherviansky | | Mariette's husband. |
| | Mariette | | Countess Katerina Ivanona's friend. |
| | Alexander II | | Emperor of Russia. |
| | Kamenskaya | | Mariette's friend. |
| 15 | | | An Average Statesman |
| | Ivan | Michaelovitch | Had been a minister of State. |
| | Vladimir Vasilievitch | Wolff | A senator of the Appeal Department. |
| 16 | | | An Up-To-Date Senator |
| | Kaminski | | A young man who had been killed by an officer. |
| | Baron | Vorobioff | A member of the Petition Committee. |
| 18 | | | Officialdom |
| | Skovorodnikoff | | A theoretical senator. |
| | Bay | | A practical lawyer. |
| | Paul I | | Emperor of Russia. |
| 19 | | | An Old General Of Repute |
| | Nicholas I | | Emperor of Russia. |
| | Joan of Arc | | A French folk heroine and Roman Catholic saint. |
| 20 | | | Maslova's Appeal |
| | Nikitin | | One of the senators. |
| | Selenin | | A public prosecutors. |
| 21 | | | The Appeal Dismissed |
| | Viglanoff | | A member of the appealing committee. |
| 23 | | | The Public Prosecutor |
| | Voltaire | | A French writer, historian, and philosopher. |
| | Arthur | Schopenhauer | A German philosopher. |
| | Auguste | Comte | A French philosopher and pioneer of positivism. |
| | Georg W. F. | Hegel | A German philosopher and theologian. |
| | Aleksey | Khomyakov | A Russian philosopher. |
| 24 | | | Mariette Tempts Nekhludoff |
| | Bogotyreff | | An aid-de-camp to the Emperor. |
| 25 | | | Lydia Shoustova's home |
| | Kornilova | | Sister of Shoustova's mother. |
| | Zakharov | | Shoustova's cousin. |
| | Mitin | | Shoustova's acquaintance. |
| 27 | | | The State Church And The People |
| | Toporoff | | Nekhludoff's acquaintance. |
| 29 | | | For Her Sake And For God's |
| | Henry David | Thoreau | An American essayist, poet, and philosopher. |
| 30 | | | The Astonishing Institution Called Criminal Law |
| | Janeane | Garofalo | An American stand-up comedienne. |
| | Henry | Maudsley | A British psychiatrist. |
| 31 | | | Nekhludoff's Sister And Her Husband |
| | Nathalie Ivanovna | Rogoshinsky | Nekhludoff's sister. |
| | Rogoshinsky | | Nathalie's husband. |
| 33 | | | The Aim Of The Law |
| | Kamenski | | A man who died in a duel. |
| 34 | | | The Prisoners Start For Siberia |
| | Taras | | Theodosia's husband. |
| 35 | | | Not Men But Strange And Terrible Creatures? |
| | Koroshavka | | One of the prisoners. |
| 41 | | | Tara's Story |
| | Mavra | | A factory worker's wife. |
| | Vargoushoff | | An officer. |
| | | | Book III |
| 2 | | | An Incident Of The March |
| | Lineff | | A prisoner's daughter. |
| 3 | | | Mary Pavlovna |
| | Novodvoroff | | Mary Pavlona's companion. |
| 5 | | | The Political Prisoners |
| | Sholostova | | Nekhludoff's acquaintance. |
| 6 | | | Kryltzoff's Story |
| | Petroff | | One of Kryltzoff's acquaintances. |
| | Pole | | One of Kryltzoff's acquaintances. |
| | Lozinsky | | One of Kryltzoff's acquaintances. |
| | Rozovsky | | One of Kryltzoff's acquaintances. |
| 8 | | | Nekhludoff And The Officer |
| | Bernoff | | A soldier. |
| | Emma | | Nekhludoff's acquaintance. |
| | Vakouloff | | An officer. |
| 10 | | | Makar Devkin |
| | Kalmanoff | | A criminal. |
| | Makar | Devkin | A convict for attempted murder and robbery. |
| 11 | | | Maslova And Her Companion |
| | Emily | Rintzeva | One of a political prisoners. |
| | Grabetz | | A beautiful girl whom Novodvoroff was in love with. |
| 12 | | | Nabatoff And Markel |
| | Nabatoff | | A peasant. |
| | Markel | Kondretief | A factory hand. |
| | Karl | Marx | A German philosopher. |
| 15 | | | Novodvoroff |
| | Narodovoletz | | A revolutionist. |
| 18 | | | Neveroff's fate |
| | Petlin | | A revolutionist. |
| | Neveroff | | One of the criminals who took suicide. |
| | Alexander | Herzen | A Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary. |
| 19 | | | Why Is It Done? |
| | Friedrich | Nietzsche | A German philosopher. |
| 24 | | | The General's Household |
| | Ludwig van | Beethoven | A German composer and pianist. |
| | Katie | | The general's granddaughter. |
| | Vasiuk | | The general's grandson. |
