After a few moments, Golyadkin goes in himself and finds his double sitting on his bed.Īt work Golyadkin's double comes into the office. Inside his building, he sees his double enter his apartment. Golyadkin calls to him, but when the man approaches, he decides he does not want to talk to him and continues running back towards his house. Here he sees a man approaching him who, from his clothes to his physical appearance, is his exact double. Golyadkin does not stop running until he reaches a canal. Once outside Golyadkin runs off into the night. Golyadkin's nervous and disconnected speech upsets both of them and eventually two servants arrive to escort him out of the door. After much indecision, he comes out of the room and walks into the drawing room where he approaches Klara and his boss Andrey Filoppovitch. He is refused entry, but manages to get into the house through the back door and hides himself in a cupboard. Later on that evening Golyadkin goes to the birthday party of his benefactor's daughter Klara. As he climbs back into his carriage, he sees the doctor watching him intently from a window. The doctor listens with such patience that Golyadkin feels the need to apologize for his behavior before leaving the surgery. At this point, Golyadkin begins to cry, rambling on about the number of enemies he has. The doctor tells Golyadkin he needs to get out and enjoy himself. After breakfast, Golyadkin climbs in a waiting carriage and tells the driver to stop at his doctor's house. Petrushka is talking to some fellow lackeys and Golyadkin orders him back into the apartment to make breakfast. He counts his 750 rubles in his notebook before checking on his servant Petrushka. The novel begins with Golyadkin waking at his usual hour of 8am. Golyadkin turns to his colleagues for help, but no matter whom he talks to, he increasingly feels surrounded by enemies. His problems begin when his exact double enters his life and begins to take over. It tells the tragic but comic tale of the polite and well-established titular councilor Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin. The Double is a novella written by the Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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