The double (English Edition)

by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky

Overview

The Double centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted, characteristics that are the polar opposites to those of the toadying "pushover" protagonist. The motif of the novella is a doppelgänger (Russian "dvoynik"), known throughout the world in various guises such as the fetch.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541242586
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	12/21/2016
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.30(d)