He imposes his beliefs on Shatov and Kirilov without truly believing them himself.
The protagonist accepts the love of Lizaveta Nikolayevna without returning it, and proceeds to marry the cripple Marya Timofeyevna on a whim. He imposes his beliefs on Shatov and Kirilov without truly believing them himself. All of these men are forced to deal with a man whose father lives in retirement on Varvara Petrovna's estate. That man, inspired by Sergey Nechayev, attempts to have Shatov murdered, and wants the protagonist, Stavrogin, to act as figurehead for the group. For ten points, this extremely violent novel about Verkhovensky and his nihilist underlings was written by Dostoevsky.
The protagonist accepts the love of Lizaveta Nikolayevna without returning it, and proceeds to marry the cripple Marya Timofeyevna on a whim.
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