The Double : a St. Petersburg poem / Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated by Hugh Aplin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881

Standardized Title:

Dvoĭnik. English

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Doppelgängers--Fiction.

Doppelgängers.

Saint Petersburg (Russia)--Fiction.

Saint Petersburg (Russia).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xv, 164 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Hesperus Press, 2004.

Summary:

Mr. Golyadkin, a minor government official, is a rather middling man. Then one day he meets his "double"--a man with the same name, face, and background. Initially charmed by the coincidence, Golyadkin soon notices a discernahle cooling in the reaction of his friends and colleagues, while his double seems to grow in popularity. Unable to escape the relentless presence of "Golyadkin junior," even the most ordinary activities begin to take on a terrifying significance, until Golyadkin finds himself on the verge of a breakdown. Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81) is regarded as one of the greatest prose writers of all time.

Notes:

"Hesperus classics."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

184391087X

OCLC:

55656851