The Double

Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is an anxious and socially awkward clerk whose fragile world begins to unravel with the sudden appearance of his double, a charming, confident replica who infiltrates his life and slowly supplants him. As Golyadkin’s grip on reality loosens, he is drawn into a nightmarish spiral of paranoia, humiliation, and existential dread.
Written early in Dostoyevsky’s career, The Double anticipates the psychological depth and thematic complexity of his later masterpieces. It is a haunting exploration of self-division, societal pressure, and the fragility of the human psyche, delivered with biting satire and surreal intensity.

Author Description: 
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He is known for his profound understanding of human psychology and his ability to bring forth the darkest realms of human nature. Dostoyevsky inspired a number of modern movements including Existentialism, literary criticism and many schools of psychology and theology. He influenced a number of modern philosophers and writers including Anton Chekov, George Orwell and Jean-Paul Sartre. He is best known for his novels Notes from Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (serialized from 1868 to 1869) The Possessed or otherwise known as Demons (serialised from 1871. to 1872) and The Brothers Karamazov (serialised from 1879 to 1880). Dostoyevsky died on February 9, 1881 at the age of 59, in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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