Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and translated by Constance Garnett. Notes from Underground is an 1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Serving as an introduction into the perplexing mind of the narrator, this part is split into nine chapters. The introduction to the chapters propounds a number of riddles whose meanings are further developed as the narration continues. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 deal with suffering and the irrational pleasure of suffering. Chapters 5 and 6 discuss the moral and intellectual fluctuation the narrator feels along with his conscious insecurities regarding "inertia"-inaction. Chapters 7, 8 and 9 cover theories of reason and logic, closing with the last two chapters as a summary and transition into Part 2. The narrator's desire for happiness is exemplified by his liver pain and toothache. The narrator mentions that utopian society removes suffering and pain, but man desires both things and needs them to be happy. According to the narrator, removing pain and suffering in society takes away a man's freedom.

Author: Constance Garnett, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 07/14/2018
Pages: 68
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.14d
ISBN13: 9781722683399
ISBN10: 1722683392
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
- Fiction | Literary

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