This review is written with a GPL 4.0 license and the rights contained therein shall supersede all TOS by any and all websites in regards to copying and sharing without proper authorization and permissions. It will appeal to those looking for something a bit off the beaten path. It packs a lot of content into less than 200 pages. I am reading selected books off the Boxall List. I am unsure if this book was intended as commentary on the bureaucracy in Russia at the time, but I think it is likely. There may be social reasons for Senior’s mental deterioration. The individual exhibits both good and bad qualities and engages in both moral and immoral behavior. We are never quite sure if Junior is part of Senior’s paranoia, but he appears to be. Junior exhibits the qualities that Senior wishes he possessed. (Junior), who becomes his rival and appears to want to destroy his reputation. Senior eventually meets an exact replica of himself, the “double,” called Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, Jr. A doctor advises him to keep more cheerful company and fears for his sanity. He is unhappy and feels he does not get enough respect. He is in love with an unattainable woman named Klara. (Senior) works as a bureaucrat in an office. Protagonist Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, Sr. Published in 1846, this slim novel examines duality, identity, and mental health.
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