num_pages: 174
description: This novella, first published in 1846, deals with the internal struggle of its main character, "our hero" Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin (which means "naked" or "insignificant.") The narrator depicts a man whose life and reputation are threatened by the appearance of a double of himself, who tries to claim his position in the Russian bureaucracy and social circle.
language: English
title: The Double
titlecomplete: The Double
characters: Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin
genres: Literature, Psychology, Classics, Novels, Philosophy, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Russia, Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 30191
places: Saint-Pétersbourg
awards: awardedAt: 1388563200000
name: Read Russia Prize
category: Classic Russian Literature for Alejandro Ariel González
publisher: Waking Lion Press