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You can't help getting drawn into Dostoyevsky's "Notes from Underground" as you follow the rantings of a spiteful, bitter person. Dostoyevsky has created a character whose every action leads to his own self-destruction, pain and alienation from others.
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Written in 1864, this is known as one of the first existential novels. The political and social environment of Russia created a ripe climate for dissidents. The author's anger was probably additionally fomented during his 4 years in a Siberian prison camp. This fierce anger is present here today, ripe for stoking.
That said, underground man shares with the reader his rambling memoirs full of ranting anger. He is unpopular, bitter, isolated, nasty, spiteful, and miserable. He is horrid to those ar ...more
That said, underground man shares with the reader his rambling memoirs full of ranting anger. He is unpopular, bitter, isolated, nasty, spiteful, and miserable. He is horrid to those ar ...more
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