What Is to Be Done? (novel)

What Is to Be Done?

1905 title page
Author	Nikolai Chernyshevsky
Original title	Что дѣлать?
Language	Russian
Genre	Philosophical fiction, political fiction
Publication date	1863
Publication place	Russian Empire
Published in English	1886
Media type	Print (hardback and paperback)

What Is to Be Done? (Russian: Что делать?, romanized: Chto delat'?, lit. 'What to do?') is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher, journalist, and literary critic Nikolay Chernyshevsky, written in response to Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev. The chief character is Vera Pavlovna, a woman who escapes the control of her family and an arranged marriage to seek economic independence.