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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... Read Full Overview

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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... Read Full Overview

La historia va mucho m s all de lo que resumen las anteriores l neas, pues Dostoievski se anticipa unos cuantos a os a la novela psicol gica para presentarnos un personaje que ve desdoblada su personalidad ante la escisi n de sus deseos personales, al m s puro estilo Kafka... Read Full Overview

El doble es la segunda novela escrita por Fi dor Dostoievski. Describe la vida de un funcionario del Estado ruso, Yakov Petrovich Goliadkin, quien, al ser rechazado en una comida que ofrec a su jefe por el cumplea os de su hija, su personalidad se parte y enfrenta una despiadada... Read Full Overview

Fi dor M. Dostoyevski (1821-1881), es considerado como uno de los principales escritores de la Rusia Zarista. En su extensa y profunda obra literaria es una constante la exploraci n por la psicolog a humana en el complejo contexto pol tico, social y espiritual de la sociedad... Read Full Overview

While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as Crime and Punishment , The Brothers Karamazov , and The Idiot , Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction. The Double is one of the finest of his shorter works. It appeared in 1846 (his second published... Read Full Overview

In an age before psychology was a modern scientific field, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of realist fiction and essays that explored the depths of the human psyche. Known for acclaimed novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and... Read Full Overview

Una noche, Goliadkin es expulsado de una cena en casa de su jefe a la que supuestamente hab a sido invitado y este hecho le produce una profunda conmoci n. Al d a siguiente se topa por la calle con un individuo completamente id ntico a l: el otro Se or Goliadkin. Aunque f sicamente... Read Full Overview

Se funden en esta novela el realismo psicol gico y las penumbras fant sticas de los cuentos del poeta alem n E.T.A. Hoffmann. Su publicaci n fue un fracaso. La cr tica se vio irritada y desorientada por el argumento de la obra. La fama de nuevo genio que Dostoyevski se hab a... Read Full Overview

How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About The Double by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky The Double is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published on January 30, 1846 in the Fatherland... Read Full Overview

In an age before psychology was a modern scientific field, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (November 11, 1821 - February 9, 1881) was a Russian writer of realist fiction and essays that explored the depths of the human psyche. Known for acclaimed novels Crime and Punishment, The Idiot and... Read Full Overview

One morning, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin looks in the mirror and sees himself-anxious, insignificant, a minor clerk in the vast bureaucracy of St. Petersburg. That night, he meets himself again. But this double is everything Golyadkin is not.

Golyadkin Junior is... Read Full Overview