Constantly rebuffed from the social circles he aspires to frequent, the timid clerk Golyadkin is confronted by the sudden appearance of his double, a more brazen, confident and socially successful version of himself, who abuses and victimizes the original. As he is increasingly persecuted, Golyadkin finds his social, romantic and professional life unravelling, in a spiral that leads to a catastrophic denouement.The Double, Dostoevsky's second published work of fiction, which foreshadows in its themes many of his mature novels, is the surreal and hallucinatory tale of an unfortunate anti-hero, at once chilling in its depiction of the dark sides of human nature and exuberantly comical.
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- Authors:
- Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Year Published:
- 2016
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781847496034
- Number of Pages:
- 256
- Place of Publication:
- Richmond
- Publication Date:
- 25/08/2016
- Publisher:
- Alma Books Ltd
- Series:
- Alma Classics Evergreens
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781847496034