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Notes from Underground

By: Natasha Randall - translator, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Narrated by: D. B. C. Pierre
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A groundbreaking new translation of Dostoyevsky's most radical work of fiction. In the depths of a cellar in St. Petersburg, a civil servant spews forth a passionate and furious note on the ills of society. The underground man's manifesto reveals his erratic, self-contradictory, and even sadistic nature. Yet in Dostoyevsky's most extreme and disturbing character, there is the uncomfortable flicker of recognition of the human condition. When the narrator ventures above ground, he attends a dinner with a group of old school friends. It is here, paralysed by his own social awkwardness, that he carries out extraordinary acts and cements his status as a true and original outsider.

The reader D.B.C. Pierre is an award-winning writer who has also written and recorded a new introduction to this famous text.

Public Domain (P)2012 Canongate Books Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction
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Most relevant
Chapter 15 and 24 seemed the most relevant to my perspective. This story should be read in conjunction with the other books written by Dostoyevsky. Interesting book overall

A worthwhile listen

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Remarkable insight into the inner machinations of the devilish mind. A mind that operates in us all to a degree.

Remarkable

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the question of being remains central, this book provides an understanding for how not to

the entanglements we all must struggle against

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I loved this book from start to finish. Read it because you don't have to.

Russian Brilliance

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An interesting book about a person’s nihilistic views, pride and ego. His life is a train wreck of his own cause and sadly this is something that everyone has (at very least) a little inside of them.

A glimpse into a maniacal and self deluded mind

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