I have vicious enemies who have vowed to ruin me!

'The Double' by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a short tale of a man who encounters a double of himself. Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin is a titular councillor living in St Petersburg during the 1800's. He starts to suffer from schizophrenic delusions and behaves bizarrely at work and amongst colleagues with increasingly severe outcomes.

I summarised the book as follows. "I found it quite lackluster, even insipid if allowed my double to be mean. No themes jumped out at me and I didn't feel there was any real depth to it. Unfortunately I found it rather forgettable and probably should have dropped reading it earlier."

I hope you have a fantastic day wherever you are in the world. Kyrin out!

Timeline:
(0:00) - Intro
(0:34) - Synopsis
(2:59) - Schizophrenia: Lunacy & persecution
(8:42) - Observations/Takeaways
(13:07) - Summary


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