Notes from the Underground is a short novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It is considered by many to be the world's first existentialist novel. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, isolated, unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man) who is a retired civil servant living in St. Petersburg. The first part of the story is told in monologue form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done?. The second part of the book is called "Apropos of the Wet Snow," and describes certain events that, it seems, are destroying, and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, omniscient narrator.

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In this book two Dostoevsky's stories - White Nights and The Meek One - are presented in three forms: the original Russian texts with stress marks, the parallel English translations and the transliterated texts - Russian words written with Latin letters to facilitate the experience of learning to read Russian. Each text segment is accompanied by a vocabulary. See more details about this and other books on Russian Novels in Russian and English page on Facebook.

Obra realmente genial, Crimen y castigo es una de las mas grandes creaciones de la literatura mundial. Todo el dolor humano palpita y nos contempla desde los estremecedores cuadros de miseria, de vejacion personal, de soledad y de asfixia moral propios de una gran ciudad. Contradiciendo su propia teoria de que no existen motivos sociales para justificar el crimen, se diria que Dostoievski ha puesto en esta novela todo su afan de acumular y sacar a la luz precisamente las circunstancias sociales que, a cada paso, empujan a la persona a llegar al crimen, aunque sea para afirmar su "yo" y probarse a si mismo que es un hombre.

Dostoievski y su epoca - Entorno familiar Adolescencia y juventud - Primeros pasos en la literatura: B+Pobres gentesB; - Relatos de la decada de los 40 - En los circulos revolucionarios Arresto y condena Presidio - Liberacion y retorno a la actividad literaria - B+La aldea de Stepanchikovo y sus moradoresB; - Reintegracion a la sociedad - B+Humillados y ofendidosB; - B+Apuntes de la casa muertaB; - Dostoievski editor - Las grandes novelas B+Crimen y castigoB; - B+El idiotaB; - B+Los hermanos KaramazovB; - El lenguaje y el estilo de Dostoievski - El realismo de Dostoievski - La maestria de Dostoievski

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The passionate confessions of a suffering soul; the brutal self-loathing of a tormented man; the scathing scorn of an alienated antihero who has become one of the greatest figures in all literature. Notes from Underground, published in 1864, introduces the moral, political, and social ideas Dostoevsky later explores in such masterpieces as Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.

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This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1923 edition.

This novella, first published in 1846, deals with the internal struggle of its main character, "our hero" Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin (which means "naked" or "insignificant.") The narrator depicts a man whose life and reputation are threatened by the appearance of a double of himself, who tries to claim his position in the Russian bureaucracy and social circle.

The first-rate collection includes "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man," "Bobok," "The Christmas Tree and the Wedding," and five other short masterpieces.