Short Fiction · Character
The Doctor
A physician who examines the madman in Memoirs of a Madman.
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First appearance: memoirs of a madman
The Doctor shows up with force in I. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The physician who attends Tchartkoff during his final illness and tries to understand his hallucinations.
The Doctor first appears in 0039 memoirs of a madman.
In I: The physician who attends Tchartkoff during his final illness and tries to understand his hallucinations.
Later, in The Nose: A physician who examines Kovaloff after the nose's return.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Nose and madness characters
- Viy story characters
- St. Petersburg tales characters
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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