# Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin — The Idiot character guide

> Parfyon Semyonovich Rogozhin in The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Rogojin, Parfen Rogojin, Parfen, Mrs. Rogojin, the Parfen Rogojin, this Rogojin, old Mrs. Rogojin, Parfen Semionovitch, Parfen Semeonovitch

**First appearance:** 0001-part-i-ii

## Who they are

A wealthy, passionate merchant obsessed with Nastasya Filippovna.

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