Klara Olsufyevna
"Klara Olsufyevna", acrylic on canvas, 2021, Bishop Maxim
In the novel The Double, Klara Olsufyevna, “pale, tired and sad, but richly dressed”, gradually becomes a “enchantress” for Goliadkin’s bipolar personality. Klara is Osulfy Ivanovitch’s only daughter. Engaged to marry a Prince she doesn’t want to marry, Klara contacts Golyadkin and asks him to take her away. In the novel The Double, Klara Olsufyevna, “pale, tired and sad, but richly dressed”, gradually becomes a “enchantress” for Goliadkin’s bipolar personality. Klara is Osulfy Ivanovitch’s only daughter. Engaged to marry a Prince she doesn’t want to marry, Klara contacts Golyadkin and asks him to take her away.