About this title: "Notes from Underground, The Double and Other Stories," by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of ...
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Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
ISBN-13:9781593080372ISBN:1593080379
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Date Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN-13:9781593080372ISBN:1593080379
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781593080372ISBN:1593080379
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Date Published: 2003-09-01
ISBN-13:9781593080372ISBN:1593080379
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Clean book with light bends in spine from reading and may have a bookstore stamp inside the cover. Quick response! read more
Description: Very Good. Brand New and Unused. Remainder mark on bottom edge. Back cover bottom left corner and several pages have a crease. Light shelf wear. read more
"Though this, the so-called "first piece of existentialist literature" was not the easiest read I've ever had, there definitely are some things in this text that I'll take away with me.
Most of the folks who I've heard talk about this book and Dostoevsky in general refer to him not so much as a novelist but a psychologist that happened to be a novelist. I think I'd agree afer reading this work. Dostoevsky so broke down the "Underground Man" that sometimes I thought that these were some thoughts that I've had at different points in my life being piped back at me...
This is a great dissection of a character as well as an exploration of the human condition that's worth the read..."
"picked this up because of white nights, which i heard the movie "la fille sur le pont" was based on. finished notes from underground and have had existential/teenage angst since."
"The first time I read Notes from the Underground I was repulsed by the main character - but after a second reading you realize that The Underground Man is a rare hero - a hero of the modern condition. The scariest part about the Underground Man is you may see some of yourself in him. Deeply philosophical and perhaps Dostoevsky's darkest work. Not the similarities to Taxi Driver starring Robert Deniro.
The early short novella The Double is also inlcuded and is a great work! The story is very kafkaesque and absurd; about a man who meets his doppledanger. This must have been an inspiration for the films Fight Club and The Machinist.
Also included is White Nights (an uncharacteristic Dostoevsky story) and Dream of a Ridiculous Man(a great complement to Notes from the Underground. One complaint is this volume is a weak translation by Constance Garnett. You are better off going with any other translation."
"Told through first person narrative, this book unearths in my opinion one of the most unlikeable characters I've ever come across - a complete anti-hero. He opens the book attacking the enlightenment and rationalism and rants the whole way through about the flaws of modern society. I had this on my university book list for existentialism and only read it a few weeks ago! Really should have flicked through it at the time!"
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