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William Wilson

1839Edgar Allan Poe

4.6/5

Brilliant story about a young man who is harassed by his own doppelganger or lookalike. You get so much insight into the psychology of that young man and his motifs, it's an incredibly good psychological study. Dr Bransby's Academy, Oxford, William Wilson is always watched by his shadowy lookalike. When practising as a card sharpener his lookalike discovers the fraud. He's expelled from Oxford. Will a masquerade in Venice end the battle of the two Williams? There's a brilliant twist at the end. I'm sure Oscar Wilde knew about this story when he wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray. This is a great Poe story with a fine moral, absolutely recommended!

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