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Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

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andotherworlds's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 // rtc

mirkhosro's review against another edition

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5.0

I read this book in my late 20s. I just know that I should read it again in my 40s. The underground man may sound and seem too extreme in his thoughts and manners but I could some times very well relate to him. I believe he is the voice of some aspect of the personalities of us all. Some deep, underground, unconscious, repressed character that we seldom dare bring up, admit its existence and listen to it. But he is nevertheless there, living in our underground or his "corner". I know this may sound too Freudian, but hey, Freud himself has admitted that he was inspired by Dostoevsky!

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2.0

An interesting read - definitely not what I expected. Frustrating and obnoxious point of view but that was the purpose. Interesting to see how russians political turmoil and dostoyevsky’s banishment from russia influenced this text. Not my favourite but I don’t think this book is supposed to be pleasurable. I have a lot to say about its slut shaming and representation of gender. A lot of the times I wanted to throw this book across the room. Will soon analyse it deeper in literary classics unit as we question and appreciate the literary legitimacy of the underground.

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I have to say I do not plan on reading this again but I think its critique of notion of enlightenment & Russia’s political history is important to consider.