Notes from Underground is widely considered the forerunner of modernist literature and one of Dostoevsky’s greatest literary achievements. The novel recounts the thoughts and encounters of a civil servant known only as The Underground Man who has quit his job and lives in a basement flat on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, surviving on a small inheritance. His humiliation turns to an inward-turning aggression that further reinforces his alienation from mainstream society.
Includes a contribution by Patrick Maxwell, the letter that Dostoevsky wrote to his brother on the day he was to be executed, a biographical timeline, and suggested reading.
Table des matières
Notes from Underground
Author’s Note
Part I
Part II
Letter from Dostoevsky to His Brother
Notes from Underground and Dostoevsky’s Existentialism by Patrick Maxwell
Biographical Timeline
Suggested Reading
A propos de l’auteur
Patrick Maxwell is an English writer and journalist. He writes on literature for The Big Issue and The London Magazine, and is a regular commentator for The Article magazine and Classical Music Daily. He lives near Oxford.
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