# Marfa Petrovna Svidrigailova — Crime and Punishment character guide

> Marfa Petrovna Svidrigailova in Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Marfa Petrovna, Petrovna

**First appearance:** 0016-part-iii-i

## Who they are

Svidrigailov's deceased wife, whose wealth he controlled. Her ghost is said to haunt him, and her treatment of Dounia is a subject of scandal.

## Relationships

### [Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/characters/arkady_ivanovich_svidrigailov)

_psychological_

Marfa Petrovna was Svidrigailov's wealthy, domineering wife, whom he possibly murdered and who haunts him as a ghost, representing his guilt and moral reckoning.

### [Arkady Ivanovich Svidrigailov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/crime_and_punishment/characters/arkady_ivanovich_svidrigailov)

_psychological_

Marfa Petrovna was Svidrigailov's wealthy, domineering wife, whom he possibly murdered and who haunts him as a ghost, representing his guilt and moral reckoning.

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