The Double | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is an early psychological novella about Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a quiet government clerk whose life is turned upside down when he encounters a mysterious double who looks exactly like him but has a completely different personality.

The story explores identity, insecurity, paranoia, social anxiety and the struggle between an individual's sense of self and society.

• Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Classic Russian psychological fiction
• Follows Yakov Golyadkin and his mysterious double
• Explores identity, insecurity and isolation
• Psychological and surreal storytelling
• Ideal for readers interested in Dostoyevsky, philosophy and classic literature