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Fyodor Dostoevsky

The Double

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.
217 printed pages
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  • b0605490004shared an impression2 years ago
    👍Worth reading
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    Psychological. Interesting. Aesthetics.Good descriptions. Social psychology.

  • anti tusitshared an impression3 years ago
    🙈Lost On Me

Quotes

  • Asra Hussainhas quoted4 months ago
    “Don’t, don’t, you fool, back!” shouted Mr. Golyadkin — and, as though he were expecting this order, the driver made no reply but, without stopping at the entrance, drove all round the courtyard and out into the street again.
  • Asra Hussainhas quoted4 months ago
    the bird flies itself to the hunter. It’s true and I’m ready to admit it; but who’s the hunter, and who’s the bird in this case?
  • Asra Hussainhas quoted4 months ago
    to be tormented by the stings of conscience.

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