# Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Pyotr Petrovich Luzhin in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Luzhin, Pyotr Petrovitch, Mr. Luzhin

**First appearance:** 0001-crime-and-punishment

## Who they are

A self-important, miserly bureaucrat engaged to Dounia Raskolnikova. His petty vindictiveness and theories of rational self-interest make him a despised figure.

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