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The Double
A Petersburg Poem
Book • 1846
The Double tells the tragic and comic tale of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a humble office clerk in 19th-century Saint Petersburg.
Golyadkin's life is disrupted when he encounters a doppelganger who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted.
As the double begins to take over Golyadkin's life, their relationship evolves from friendship to bitter enmity.
The novella delves into themes of identity, sanity, and the internal psychological struggles of Golyadkin, leaving the reader to question whether the double is real or a figment of Golyadkin's imagination.
Golyadkin's life is disrupted when he encounters a doppelganger who is his exact double in appearance but confident, aggressive, and extroverted.
As the double begins to take over Golyadkin's life, their relationship evolves from friendship to bitter enmity.
The novella delves into themes of identity, sanity, and the internal psychological struggles of Golyadkin, leaving the reader to question whether the double is real or a figment of Golyadkin's imagination.
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