# Porfiry Petrovich — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Porfiry Petrovich in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Porfiry, Porfiry Petrovitch

**First appearance:** 0011-part-ii-iii

## Who they are

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

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