The double
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821-1881
The double / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - London : Alma Classics, 2016. - ix, 208 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm. - Alma Classics Evergreens .
Translated from the Russian.
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.
9781847496034
Doppelgängers--Fiction
Russian fiction--19th century--Translations into English
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Fiction
Russian literature
Psychological fiction
PG3326.D8 2016
The double / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin. - London : Alma Classics, 2016. - ix, 208 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm. - Alma Classics Evergreens .
Translated from the Russian.
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.
9781847496034
Doppelgängers--Fiction
Russian fiction--19th century--Translations into English
Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Fiction
Russian literature
Psychological fiction
PG3326.D8 2016
