Crime and Punishment · Character

Porfiry Petrovich

Porfiry Petrovich is a character in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

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Also known as Porfiry, Porfiry Petrovitch

First appearance: 0011-part-ii-iii

The shrewd, psychologically astute magistrate investigating the pawnbroker's murder. He engages Raskolnikov in a tense cat-and-mouse game.