Book Review: The Double by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
First published in 1846, The Double tells the story of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a Saint Petersburg bearcat.
Golyadkin’s behaviour is rather antisocial and his doctor encourages him to put himself about more. After leaving a party in rather acrimonious circumstances, he finds himself in a snowstorm and meets a man who looks just like him. They also share the same name.
The two figures referred to by Dostoyevsky as Golyadin Sr, the original and Golyadkin Jr, the titular double, start off as cl