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Notes from Underground and the Double

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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In Notes from Underground and The Double, Fyodor Dostoyevsky delves deep into the human psyche. The first part, Notes from Underground, presents an embittered man's monologue that explores existential themes and social critique. The second part, The Double, follows a government clerk who is haunted by a doppelgänger that threatens to take over his life, shedding light on themes of identity and mental instability. Both stories offer profound insights into the complexities of self-perception and societal interaction.
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You might enjoy this book if you are intrigued by complex psychological insights and the inner workings of the human mind. It offers an exploration of existential despair and identity through deeply flawed characters, making it perfect for those who appreciate thought-provoking and introspective narratives in classic literature.

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Notes from Underground and the Double

Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of the author's own insignificance, this book tells the story of his tortured life. It describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'.

Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of hose own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking Notes from Underground tells the story of his tortured life.

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In a new translation by Ronald Wilks

Notes from Underground (1864) is a study of a single character, "the real man of the Russian majority," and a revelation of Dostoyevsky's own deepest beliefs. One of his best critics has said of the first part that it forms his "most utterly naked pages. Never afterwards was he so fully and openly to reveal the inmost recesses, unmeant for display, of his heart."

The Double (1846) is the nightmarish story of Mr Golyadkin, a man who is haunted or possessed by his own double. Is "Mr Golyadkin junior" really a double or simply a fearful side of his own nature? This uncertainty is what gives urgency and horror to a tale which may be read as a classic study of human breakdown.

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ISBN: 9780140455120

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 January 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Robert Louis Jackson
  • Translated by Ronald Wilks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 257g

Pages: 352

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Fiction Fyodor Dostoyevsky General Fiction Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

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About the Author

Moscow-born Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) served time in a convict prison for his political alliances, and in his later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His novels include The Devils and The Brothers Karamazov. Ronald Wilks has translated numerous volumes for the Classics, including most recently Chekhov's stories and forthcoming editions of Tolstoy's stories, and Gogol's stories and plays.

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