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The Double

Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Series
World Classics
Language
Russian
Length
164 pages
ISBN
9781910343821
Published
15 August 2014
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Dostoyevsky
  • psychological
  • self
  • philosophical
  • psychic
  • human nature
  • classic

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Description

Golyadkin is a low-level bureaucrat struggling to succeed. His doctor tells him that his behaviour being dangerously antisocial should improve in cheerful company. Golyadkin resolves to try this, and leaves the office. He arrives uninvited at a birthday party and is asked to leave later. On his way home through a snowstorm, he encounters his double, who looks exactly like him. They soon become friends and we witness this surreal evolving relationship.

Author

Fyodor Dostoyevsky was a Russian writer and philosopher who is considered to be one of the greatest novelists of all time. His major works include Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov, and War and Peace. Dostoyevsky was known for his psychological insight, his criticism of social injustice, and his profound understanding of the human condition.

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