The Double (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781535101004)

The Double is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published on January 30, 1846 in the Fatherland Notes. It was subsequently revised and republished by Dostoevsky in 1866.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 doppelg nger (dvoynik).

Author: Andrea Gouveia, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
ISBN-10: 1535101008
ISBN-13: 9781535101004
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/07/2016
Pages: 86
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d