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Bradley Vee's avatar

I always loved Poe's "William Wilson", finding it quietly unsettling.

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

It's an excellent example of Poe at his most restrained, where he doesn't give in to the impulse to get hysterical for effect. I'd also recommend Dostoevsky's "The Double" for a more sustained and almost grounded example of this absurdist-Gothic trope.

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Bradley Vee's avatar

Well put!

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