Notes from Underground; The Double

by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
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ISBN: 9780140442526
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'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.


  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
  • ISBN: 9780140442526
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.78 x 0.73
  • Number Of Pages: 288
  • Publication Year: 1972

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