Notes from Underground and The Double

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ronald Wilks, Robert Louis Jackson

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Penguin
13 February 2009

In a new translation by Ronald Wilks

'Notes from Underground' (1864) is a study of a single character, 'the real man of the Russian majority', and a revelation of Dostoyevsky's own deepest beliefs. One of his best critics has said of the first part that it forms his 'most utterly naked pages. Never afterwards was he so fully and openly to reveal the inmost recesses, unmeant for display, of his heart.' 'The Double' (1846) is the nightmarish story of Mr Golyadkin, a man who is haunted or possessed by his own double. Is 'Mr Golyadkinjunior' really a double or simply a fearful side of his own nature? This uncertainty is what gives urgency and horror to a tale which may be read as a classic study of human breakdown.

By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Introduction by: Robert Louis Jackson
Translated by: Ronald Wilks
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780140455120
ISBN 10: 0140455124
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 February 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Moscow-born Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) served time in a convict prison for his political alliances, and in his later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His novels include The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov. Ronald Wilks has translated numerous volumes for the Classics, including most recently Chekhov's stories and forthcoming editions of Tolstoy's stories, and Gogol's stories and plays.