As William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency draws to a close, I’ve been thinking a lot about William Wilson. Wilson, a creation of Edgar Allan Poe, is a cad pursued down the years and over European borders by his virtuous doppelgänger. To be plagued by a normal doppelgänger-a supernatural humanoid who looks exactly like you, assumes your name, and wants to replace (...)
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