The Double, Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Double, Fyodor Dostoevsky
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The Double
A Petersburg Poem

Author: Fyodor Dostoevsky

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 6 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/01/2012

Synopsis

First published in 1846, Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella The Double is a classic doppelganger and the second major work published by the author. It is the story of Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, a government clerk who believes that a fellow clerk has taken over his identity and is determined to bring about his ruin. Considered the most Gogolesque of Dostoyevsky's works, the novella brilliantly depicts Golyadkin's descent into madness in a way that is hauntingly poetic. The Double illustrates Dostoyevsky's uncanny ability at capturing the complexity of human emotion, especially the darker side of the human psyche.

About Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (1821–1881) was a Russian novelist, journalist, and short-story writer whose psychological penetration into the darkest recesses of the human heart had a profound and universal influence on the twentieth-century novel. He was born in Moscow, the son of a surgeon. Leaving the study of engineering for literature, he published Poor Folk in 1846. As a member of revolutionary circles in St. Petersburg, he was condemned to death in 1849. A last-minute reprieve sent him to Siberia for hard labor. Returning to St. Petersburg in 1859, he worked as a journalist and completed his masterpiece, Crime and Punishment, as well as other works, including The Idiot and The Brothers Karamazov.

About Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Vit on January 06, 2024

“We are the hollow men We are the stuffed men Leaning together Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! Our dried voices, when We whisper together Are quiet and meaningless As wind in dry grass…” T.S. Eliot – The Hollow Men Yakov Golyadkin is one of those men and Fyodor Dostoyevsky enjoys deriding his holl......more

Goodreads review by Bill on June 13, 2020

Nabokov considered this “Dostoyevsky’s best work,” but, then again, Nabokov didn’t like Dostoyevsky: he also called the novella “an obvious and shameless imitation of Gogol's "Nose." “The Double” is indeed a great work, though far from Dostoyevsky’s greatest (too full of repetitions, verbal and stru......more

Goodreads review by Valeriu on May 22, 2024

Un roman amuzant, influențat de Gogol, prețuit însă de Nabokov într-o frază ambiguă: „Dublul mi se pare cea mai bună scriere [a lui Dostoievski]. Este o poveste foarte minuțios elaborată, cu detalii de tip joycean și scrisă într-un stil extrem de expresiv. O operă de artă perfectă“. Solitarul Iakov......more

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