The Double: A Petersburg Poem
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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This is the story of a mild-mannered civil servant, Mr. Golyadkin, who begins to see his "doppelganger" appearing in his life (at work, in society, etc). This "double" has all the qualities that the protagonist lacks. His "double" bullies and persecutes him, slowly taking his place in the world. As the story progresses what could have been a true "double" is revealed to the reader as being Mr. Golyadkin's own mind splitting from reality. It is a haunting and tragic tale. (Summary by Greg Giordano) (6 hr 20 min)
Chapters
01 - Chapter 1 | 14:04 | Read by Greg Giordano |
02 - Chapter 2 | 26:37 | Read by sid |
03 - Chapter 3 | 16:56 | Read by Greg Giordano |
04 - Chapter 4 | 33:09 | Read by sid |
05 - Chapter 5 | 16:43 | Read by Greg Giordano |
06 - Chapter 6 | 34:47 | Read by sid |
07 - Chapter 7 | 18:13 | Read by Greg Giordano |
08 - Chapter 8 | 36:19 | Read by sid |
09 - Chapter 9 | 39:23 | Read by Greg Giordano |
10 - Chapter 10 | 54:02 | Read by sid |
11 - Chapter 11 | 23:58 | Read by Greg Giordano |
12 - Chapter 12 | 32:28 | Read by sid |
13 - Chapter 13 | 33:42 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Reviews
A LibriVox Listener
At least half of the readings were so awful I couldn't listen to them. Some,I couldn't even understand they were so poorly pronounced. I could finish the book unfortunately as It seemed a good story and I am very fond of Dostoyevsky.
One of Dostoyevsky's autobiographical neurosis and eccentricities novels
dahszil
The great Dostoyevsky as in the Idiot, is putting a much of his own wonderfully eccentric and painfully neurotic "qualities" into the protagonist or "hero". just started so reserve the right to revise and extend my remarks
spoiler in the description
xytttyyx
I know it's an old book, but don't give away the entire point of the story in the description. Good book otherwise.