Der Doppelgänger

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"Der Doppelgänger" by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a novella published in 1846. It follows Yakov Golyadkin, a timid Petersburg clerk whose life unravels when a mysterious double suddenly appears. As the doppelgänger gradually displaces him from his social and professional positions, Golyadkin descends into madness, unable to distinguish reality from delusion. While the original struggles, his double achieves the success he dreams of, leading to a devastating conclusion in a psychiatric institution.