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Most significant of the Russian novelist's early stories (1846) offers a straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. Golyadkin senior is a powerless target of persecution by Golyadkin junior, his double in almost every respect. Familiar Dostoyevskan themes of helplessness, victimization, scandal — beautifully handled in this small masterpiece.
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The Double, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski
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- Released
- 1997
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- Title
- The Double
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Released
- 1997
- ISBN10
- 0486295729
- ISBN13
- 9780486295725
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, Short Stories, 19th century, Russia, Adapted for Film, Novellas, Russian Literature, Loss, Selected works, Success, Narration, Paranoia, Saint Petersburg (Russia), Doppelgänger
- First published
- 1846
- Original title
- Dvojnik
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Most significant of the Russian novelist's early stories (1846) offers a straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. Golyadkin senior is a powerless target of persecution by Golyadkin junior, his double in almost every respect. Familiar Dostoyevskan themes of helplessness, victimization, scandal — beautifully handled in this small masterpiece.