Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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  • PublisherPrints Publications Pvt Ltd
  • ISBN-139789366970264
  • BindingPaper back
  • Pages120
  • LanguageEnglish

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Publisher Prints Publications Pvt Ltd
ISBN-13 9789366970264
Binding Paper back
Number of Pages 120 Pages
Language English
Dimension (Inches) 5.5''*8.5''
Weight (Grams) 140
Subject Classic Fiction
Category Popular Classic

Notes from Underground is a two-part novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky featuring a bitter, unnamed narrator—commonly called the Underground Man. A retired civil servant in his early forties, living in a dingy basement in St. Petersburg, he delivers a scathing critique of rationalism, utopianism, and modern philosophies of human nature. It remains deeply relevant as an exploration of the tensions between reason and freedom, action and paralysis, intimacy and isolation. The Underground Man’s contradictions force readers to reflect on their own desires, insecurities, and the paradoxes of human nature.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a towering figure in Russian literature and one of the greatest psychological novelists in world literature. After early work like Poor Folk, he was arrested in 1849 for political activism, sentenced to death, and reprieved moments before execution—then spent four years in Siberian exile. His experiences shaped major novels including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, Demons, and The Brothers Karamazov. Dostoevsky’s works probe free will, guilt, faith, and moral conflict, pioneering psychological realism and influencing existentialism, modern literature, and philosophical thought.

Contents
PART I                             5
PART II                           43

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