Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
"Notes from the Underground" by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novella published in 1864. This confession-style narrative follows a bitter, isolated former civil servant in St. Petersburg known as the Underground Man. Through philosophical monologues and personal anecdotes, he attacks determinism and utopian ideals, arguing that humans need suffering and irrationality to maintain freedom. He obsesses over past humiliations and social encounters, embracing spite and inaction while despising the rational self-interest that hebelieves has trapped him in unhappiness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 |
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| Translator | Garnett, Constance, 1861-1946 |
| Title | Notes from the Underground |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_from_Underground |
| Credits | Judith Boss. HTML version by Al Haines |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Political fiction |
| Subject | Russia -- History -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction |
| Subject | Russia -- Officials and employees -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 600 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 1996 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 26, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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