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The Double

José Saramago

Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a history teacher in a secondary school. He is divorced, involved in a rather one-sided relationship with a bank clerk, and he is depressed. To lift his depression, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film and is unimpressed. During the ni...

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It was discussed as a novella where the doppelganger is a more likable version of the main character, ultimately causing the main character to break down mentally.

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There's also Dostoevsky kind of a spin on it where he introduced the doppelganger to the main character in a novel called, or a novella I think, called The Double.

— Episode: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

Episode: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

It was discussed as a novella where the doppelganger is a more likable version of the main character, ultimately causing the main character to break down mentally.

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There's also Dostoevsky kind of a spin on it where he introduced the doppelganger to the main character in a novel called, or a novella I think, called The Double.

I love this. In it, the doppelganger is like a more likable version of the main character and ends up breaking the main character mentally. I like that.

Episode: Doppelgängers: Hey you, you're me!

It was discussed as a novella where a more likeable version of the main character appears, eventually breaking the main character mentally. It was mentioned as a fascinating spin on the doppelganger concept.

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And there's also Dostoevsky kind of a spin on it where he introduced the doppelganger to the main character in a novel called, or a novella I think, called The Double.

And I love this. In it, the doppelganger is like a more likable version of the main character and ends up breaking the main character mentally. I like that.

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