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Quotation from The Double by Fyodor Dostoevsky
“The nocturnal visitor was no other than himself—Mr. Golyadkin himself, another Mr. Golyadkin, but absolutely the same as himself—in fact, what is called a double in every respect.”
The Double, Chapter V, trans. Constance Garnett (1917)
Golyadkin recognizes the stranger who has followed him home as his own exact likeness.
Citation: "The nocturnal visitor was no other than himself—Mr. Golyadkin himself, another Mr. Golyadkin, but absolutely the same as himself—in fact, what is called a double in every respect." — Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Double, Chapter V, trans. Constance Garnett (1917). (id dostoevsky-the-double-q1)
Portrait: Portrait of Fedor Dostoyevsky, Vasily Perov, Public domain.
