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Notes from the Underground (AmazonClassics Edition)

Written by: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
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Isolated from society in a tenement basement in St. Petersburg, a malicious former civil servant vents his resentments. In the rambling notes that follow, we are exposed to the inner turmoil of the Underground Man, who represents the voice of his generation. An emotional, paranoid knot of contradictions, the spiteful narrator is also desperate to join a society he loathes, if only to prove his superiority to it.

Exploring themes of free will versus determinism, Dostoyevsky's existential exploration was written to challenge increasingly popular Western egoist philosophies. In the Underground Man, he found the embodiment of the antihero, whose behavior - like all human behavior - defies rationalization.

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Revised edition: Previously published as Notes from the Underground, this edition of Notes from the Underground (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

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This is my first exposure to Dostoyevsky like I imagine it would be for a lot of people. I listened to the entirety of the book in one sitting, the pacing is fairly quick and the book isn't long which left me wanting more. The narration is good and sells the character fairly well.

First Dostoyevsky experience.

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Once you get past the rambling at the start its really good! Also I bit depressing.

Slow to start

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Taken at face value, this story is about a man who allows himself to give in to the resentment generated by his own shortcomings and failures.

I absolutely loved Pete Simonelli's narration here. He does an exemplary job of giving, in my opinion, the exact proper tone and emphasis to the Underground Man's self-serving railing against existence.

Note to Self: Don't be like this guy.

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Magnificent story, every time I read-listen to this book I enjoy, I think the root of Camus’ the fall is this book,

Story

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This book was dark. This was my second Dostoevsky book and it definitely won't be my last. if you like Dostoevsky, I think you'll like this book. The narration was pretty solid also.

The darkest of Dostoevsky

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