# Popoffsky — The Inferno character guide

> Popoffsky in The Inferno by August Strindberg.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Frau Popoffsky, And Popoffsky, the Popoffsky

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-st-louis-leads-me-to-orfila

## Who they are

A mysterious figure encountered during the narrator's wanderings in Paris.

## In the story

### [V: Purgatory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/v-purgatory)

Suspected of poisoning the narrator with poisonous gases through the wall.

### [Extracts from My Journal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/extracts-from-my-journal)

Referenced during the Popoffsky episode; the narrator fears Popoffsky may be a murderer.

### [VII: Beatrice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/vii-beatrice)

Mentioned as a former friend whose wife and child are now dead, and whose friendship has turned to bitter hatred.

### [XII: Pilgrimage and Penance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_inferno_se/chapters/xii-pilgrimage-and-penance)

Popoffsky's sister-in-law and her husband are mentioned as influential enemies in Lund.

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