Project Gutenberg 2015-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 136 Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1821 1881 Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoievski, Fédor Mikhailovitch Достоевский, Фёдор Михайлович Dostoievski, Fiodor Dostoievski, Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoyevsky, F. M. Dostojewski, Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Feodor Röhl, Hermann 1851 1923 Rohl, Hermann Röhl, H. (Hermann) Dvoinik. German Der Doppelgänger Produced by David Starner, Jens Sadowski, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Der Doppelgänger" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story centers around Yakov Petrovich Goljadkin, an insecure and paranoid civil servant who experiences a sense of alienation and a growing fear that his identity is being undermined by an uncanny counterpart. This exploration of duality and the psychological intricacies of self-perception is typical of Dostoyevsky’s style. The opening of the novel introduces us to Goljadkin as he awakens in his shabby apartment in St. Petersburg. He is disoriented, pondering the reality around him versus the remnants of his dreams. As he prepares for his day, Goljadkin's thoughts reveal his deep-seated insecurities, especially regarding his social standing and the fear of being judged by others. His excitement about having money leads him to visit various shops, reflecting his attempts to assert himself in a society that makes him feel inferior. The stage is set for further exploration of his psychological turmoil, indicating that the novel will delve into themes of identity, societal expectations, and the fragility of self. (This is an automatically generated summary.) de Psychological fiction Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- Fiction Doppelgängers -- Fiction PG Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Fiction 483819 483826 2024-09-20T09:20:12.671142 2023-09-21T06:06:49.914721 text/html text/html 487213 2015-03-18T22:21:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 190438 2015-03-18T22:21:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 206126 2024-09-20T09:20:18.721104 application/epub+zip 210856 2024-09-20T09:20:13.819126 application/epub+zip 204282 2024-09-20T09:20:13.275147 application/epub+zip 338996 2024-09-20T09:20:22.705058 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303704 2024-09-20T09:20:18.042107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297474 2022-09-22T05:01:29.048936 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 445900 445799 2024-09-20T09:20:12.009108 2023-09-21T06:06:49.387715 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 438298 2015-03-18T22:21:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158523 2015-03-18T22:21:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20008 2024-09-20T09:20:22.887053 application/rdf+xml 8267 2024-09-20T09:20:13.342104 image/jpeg 1608 2024-09-20T09:20:13.309133 image/jpeg 192559 2024-09-20T09:20:12.723133 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia