Notes from Underground, The Double, and Other Stories
- ISBN-10
- 1593081243
- ISBN-13
- 9781593081249
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 464
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble
- Authors
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Deborah A. Martinsen
Description
Often considered a prologue to Dostoevsky's brilliant novels, the story Notes from Underground" introduces one of the great anti-heroes in literature: the underground man, who lives on the fringes of society. In an impassioned, manic monologue this character--plagued by shame, guilt, and alienation--argues that reason is merely a flimsy construction built upon humanity's essentially irrational core. Internal conflict is also explored in The Double," a surreal tale of a government clerk who meets a more unpleasant version of himself and is changed as a result. In addition to these two existential classics, this collection also includes the psychologically probing stories The Meek One," The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," and White Nights."
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