Double: A Petersburg Poem (Version 2)
Author: first_name: Fyodor
last_name: Dostoyevsky
Language: English
Year: 1923

In this classic novella, the life of a drab office clerk named Golyadkin begins to be haunted by his "doppelgänger," a man identical to him possessing all the charm and charisma Golyadkin lacks. This double shows up over and over again, succeeding in the things Golyadkin has failed to do throughout his life. As this double infiltrates himself more and more into Golyadkin's life, the reader is left wondering who he is and what his purposes might be.  - Summary by Magda Wilde