click to view more
Notes from Underground the Double Penguin Classics
by [Dostoyevsky, Fyodor]
$15.63
Description
'It is best to do nothing! The best thing is conscious inertia! So long live the underground!'Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter sarcasm, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'ant-hill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. The seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in The Double when a government clerk encounters a man who exactly resembles him - his double perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own personality. Like Notes from Underground, this is a masterly study of human consciousness.Jessie Coulson's introduction discusses the stories' critical reception and the themes they share with Dostoyevksy's great novels.
Last updated on
Product Details
- Penguin Classics Brand
- Jul 30, 1972 Pub Date:
- 9780140442526 ISBN-13:
- 0140442529 ISBN-10:
- 288.0 pages Paperback
- English Language
- 7.8 in * 0.7 in * 5.1 in Dimensions:
- 0 lb Weight:
Money Back
Love it! Use it! Reuse it!
Free Shipping
Shipping is on us
Free Support
24/24 available
