Notes from the Underground
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- Author：Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Summary
In 1864， just prior to the years in which he wrote his greatest novels—Crime and Punishment， The Idiot， The Possessed and The Brothers Karamazov—Fyodor Dostoyevsky （1821–1881） penned the darkly fascinating Notes from the Underground。 Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes。 Moreover， the novel introduces themes—moral， religious， political and social—that dominated Dostoyevsky's later works。 Notes from the Underground， then， aside from its own compelling qualities， offers readers an ideal introduction to the creative imagination， profundity and uncanny psychological penetration of one of the most influential novelists of the nineteenth century。 Constance Garnett's authoritative translation is reprinted here， with a new introduction。
Reviews
Elis
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Indeciseive and acute sense of conciousness。 Not able to remove doubt and act。 Refusal to act。
Viggo
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My man Dostoevsky simply never disappoints。 To start with: I absolutely love how the first and the second （last） part relate to eachother， since they both have a specific purpose for the reading experience （they sort of add on one another）。 It also gives room for additional appreciation， having certain "aha" moments， whilst reading the second part and also being able to reflect on this magnificent work of art from the eagle's perspective， after having read it。The first part is pretty much just t My man Dostoevsky simply never disappoints。 To start with: I absolutely love how the first and the second （last） part relate to eachother， since they both have a specific purpose for the reading experience （they sort of add on one another）。 It also gives room for additional appreciation， having certain "aha" moments， whilst reading the second part and also being able to reflect on this magnificent work of art from the eagle's perspective， after having read it。The first part is pretty much just the main character monologizing， directly adressing the reader， about his gripping insights of a human being's nature， after having spent 40 years in an underground cellar。 In the second part he talks about his past， in which Dostoevsky oh so brilliantly displays the protagonist's incredibly cynical， nihilstic， unpredictable and yet fascinating character， while making indispensable psychological and philosophical points。 Therefore the novel has this duality to it （1。Theory 2。 Implementation） and still makes for a thoroughly comprehensible （actually relatively easy） read。 This dualistic approach in combination with Dostoevsky's ingenious writing made Notes from Underground an unbelievably enjoyable and insightful book。 I personally am the biggest fan of psychological novels， especially with deplorable personalities （probably explaining my love affair with Fyodor）， so it wouldn't be a surprise， if you're a bit like me in that respect， that you'll indulge in this classic work of literature with the enthusiasm of an innocent child。In Nietzsche's words: "Dostoevsky， the only psychologist from whom I've anything to learn。"5/5 StarsWould wholeheartedly recommend！ 。。。more
Nadeesh Parmar
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（The man living in the underground was indeed able to decieve himself the most when he felt the gamut of emotions pass him by on that fateful night！） I can see why this book is considered to be one of the earliest works on existentialism wherein reason is empoyed by the narrator to make nihilsitc inferences about the world he lives in， which is fraught with abominable living conditions and a general disregard for human civility。 Calling the protagonist a 'cultivated man' would be a ghoulish proc （The man living in the underground was indeed able to decieve himself the most when he felt the gamut of emotions pass him by on that fateful night！） I can see why this book is considered to be one of the earliest works on existentialism wherein reason is empoyed by the narrator to make nihilsitc inferences about the world he lives in， which is fraught with abominable living conditions and a general disregard for human civility。 Calling the protagonist a 'cultivated man' would be a ghoulish proclamation which I hope the narrator also did know very well and so was sarcastic about。 Dostoevsky tries to portray the depths to which an embittered person can go to wherein he shunts himself so rigidly from the societal order that there is no going back。 Moreso， morality seems to be antithetical with that to reason which is a scary yet plausible notion to explore in the modern society。 。。。more
Anna Avian
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This is probably the most despicable and spiteful character I've ever come across in a book that represents everything that's wrong with the human race。 This is probably the most despicable and spiteful character I've ever come across in a book that represents everything that's wrong with the human race。 。。。more
Dương Dương
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Đọc phần dưới hầm mà phải căng não để tập trung hết mức， vì chỉ cần 1mm sơ sẩy thôi là suy nghĩ của mình đi đường mình， suy nghĩ của tác giả đi đường tác giả。 Phần này mà ngồi nhặt quote thì ra cả đống。 Tuy vậy， cảm giác vẫn khá lấn cấn do không hiểu hết được suy tưởng của Dos。Đến phần 2 lại được chứng kiến một thằng “tôi” gàn dở， đốn mạt và chất chứa ty tỷ thứ mâu thuẫn trong đầu， vừa đáng ghét mà đôi lúc cũng đáng thương。 Thấy vài đoạn hắn nghĩ giống bản thân mình quá nên chê vậy thôi thôi， kh Đọc phần dưới hầm mà phải căng não để tập trung hết mức， vì chỉ cần 1mm sơ sẩy thôi là suy nghĩ của mình đi đường mình， suy nghĩ của tác giả đi đường tác giả。 Phần này mà ngồi nhặt quote thì ra cả đống。 Tuy vậy， cảm giác vẫn khá lấn cấn do không hiểu hết được suy tưởng của Dos。Đến phần 2 lại được chứng kiến một thằng “tôi” gàn dở， đốn mạt và chất chứa ty tỷ thứ mâu thuẫn trong đầu， vừa đáng ghét mà đôi lúc cũng đáng thương。 Thấy vài đoạn hắn nghĩ giống bản thân mình quá nên chê vậy thôi thôi， không dám chê nhiều。 。。。more
Lujain
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عمل المشاعر التي يحكيها دوستويفيسكي مخيفة جدًا، تكاد أن ترى نفسك في كتاب。。
Amy Young
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Really， really couldn't get into this one， but will try reading （not listening to it） later - can someone who advocates and loves Russian literature please help me， because these circular-syntax spewing narrators and philosophy-as-narrative diatribes are not my cup of tea。 Really， really couldn't get into this one， but will try reading （not listening to it） later - can someone who advocates and loves Russian literature please help me， because these circular-syntax spewing narrators and philosophy-as-narrative diatribes are not my cup of tea。 。。。more
Rick
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A difficult book for one so small; I realized I need to read again as soon as I finished。
兀鹘
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读陀简直是在对自己进行一次痛苦的外科手术，无穷无尽的心理剖析，反复的自我厌憎与折磨，漫长的刑讯审问。地下室人是一个反抗者形象，反抗科学理性，质疑文明，批判社会主义与功利主义，诘问所谓的幸福，是非英雄的多余人。《地下室手记》与我产生一种微妙的重合感，在神经质的自我割裂与争执不休中做一次漫长的反抗。
Andrew Lee
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A beautiful look in the tragedy of a forgotten soul， lost and wandering alone in the world it mistakes everything else for hostility
Andrew Kwang
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I got to the halfway point and got too depressed to read on。 Maybe I'll get back to it another day。 I've honestly never felt so sad reading a book。 I got to the halfway point and got too depressed to read on。 Maybe I'll get back to it another day。 I've honestly never felt so sad reading a book。 。。。more
Al
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Всеки ще открие нещо от себе си в тази книга и има защо да се страмува от това。
Ahmed Asiri
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اقبح الصفات البشرية جسدها دوستيوفسكي في شخصية رجل القبو
Raúl
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Otra obra maestra del maestro Dostoievski。 Del clásico ruso hay que leer las obras completas。
R。Hazan Orhan
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“Ucuz bir mutluluk mu，yoksa insanın ruhunu yücelten acı mı daha iyidir？Evet，hangisi？”Acılarından biraz da değil çokça mutluluk duyan bi yapısı vardır yazarın bize seslenen başkahramanının。Ve o seslendiği yeraltına kendi kendisini hapsetmiştir。Öylesine büyük bir gururdan bahsederken;”insan sadece gururu yüzünden，kendisini cinayete kadar götürebilecek yalanlara bulaşabilir，böyle bir gururu da ben çok iyi biliyorum”der ve o küçümsediği ama bir yandan çoğumuzda olan ve asla geçmeyecek bir maraz oldu “Ucuz bir mutluluk mu，yoksa insanın ruhunu yücelten acı mı daha iyidir？Evet，hangisi？”Acılarından biraz da değil çokça mutluluk duyan bi yapısı vardır yazarın bize seslenen başkahramanının。Ve o seslendiği yeraltına kendi kendisini hapsetmiştir。Öylesine büyük bir gururdan bahsederken;”insan sadece gururu yüzünden，kendisini cinayete kadar götürebilecek yalanlara bulaşabilir，böyle bir gururu da ben çok iyi biliyorum”der ve o küçümsediği ama bir yandan çoğumuzda olan ve asla geçmeyecek bir maraz olduğunu düşündüğü bu hastalığa yakalanmış insanlardan yani tüm insanlardan soyutlar kendini。Yer yer onlara ihtiyaç duysa da onlara her yakınlaştığında yine iç hesaplaşmaları vardır ve tüm amacı o iç dünyasında kendini var etmektir。Kafka’nın “Dönüşüm”ünde bir böceğe dönüşmüştür ruh hali，oysa Dostoyevski’nin kahramanı bir böcek olarak dahi görmeyerek kendisini tipik bir histerik nevroza hastası profili çizmektedir。Kafka “Milena’ya Mektuplar”da o aşk ile nasıl ki varlığını，yaşadığını hissettiğini ispatlama gereği duymuştu。Dostoyevski’nin başkahramanı da Liza’yı o yaşamından kurtarmak isteyerek belki de kendini ıspatlamak istemişti。Her iki yazarda da neydi acaba bu kadar ortak，aynı kalan boşluk geçmişten gelen。Dostoyevsk’inin kahramanı asla sevimsiz bir karakter değildir，o toplumda beşimizden ikisinde olan belki de hepimizin zaman zaman iç sesidir ve böyle olmak istememiştir o zaten böyle doğmuş insanlığın geldiği bu evresinin bir sonucudur。Her satır altı çizilesi，her satır içimizden mutlaka birini ya da herkesin içinden bi nebze kendini yansıtan bi eser。 。。。more
Nabil
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Lecture très pénible， surtout au début。 La narration est difficile à suivre。 J'étais content de le terminer après une première tentative infructueuse。 Lecture très pénible， surtout au début。 La narration est difficile à suivre。 J'étais content de le terminer après une première tentative infructueuse。 。。。more
Liffa
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💔🩸
Manal
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i swear ive met this exact fuckin guy
kübraterzi
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Dostoyevski ile tanışma Yeraltından Notlar ile olmalıdır。Dostoyevski kim？ Histerik ve karmakarışık， Biri ama diğerlerinden çok uzak。Kitabın her sayfasında cümleleri beni defalarca yoğurup yeniden şekillendirdi。Çok ama çok sevdim！！
Brooke Arnold
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4。5/5
Boris
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Генијално！Браво。 Чини ми се да је у овим краћим романима （ Записи из подземља， Коцкар， Бедни људи） Достојевски још бољи него у дужим （ изузимајући наравно， Злочин и казну и Браћу Карамазове који су ван конкуренције ）。 Савршен стил， савршен ритам приповедања， савршена анализа јунакове психе。 За уживати。
Alex McArthur
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Much to think about！
Michael Rodewijk
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Personally speaking， as I started reading Notes from Underground for the first time it struck me how psychologically alive it was， from the start the Underground Man strikes us as deeply unreasonable， inconsistent and most of all spiteful to such an extent that at times it's almost comical。 This makes it easy for us to simply judge him as ridiculous， a loathsome man with serious psychological problems。 However， it is clear he is not a simple-minded man， he is obviously intelligent and well educa Personally speaking， as I started reading Notes from Underground for the first time it struck me how psychologically alive it was， from the start the Underground Man strikes us as deeply unreasonable， inconsistent and most of all spiteful to such an extent that at times it's almost comical。 This makes it easy for us to simply judge him as ridiculous， a loathsome man with serious psychological problems。 However， it is clear he is not a simple-minded man， he is obviously intelligent and well educated。 What， I think， makes us feel such contempt for him is how he reveals to us parts of ourselves we feel repulsed by and would rather ignore。 He even tries to justify himself by telling us this exact thing: "I know that you will perhaps be angry with me because of this， you'll stamp your feet and say: 'You are speaking of yourself alone and your underground misery， so don't you dare say all of us。' But excuse me gentlemen， I'm not trying to justify myself by all this all of usness。 Strictly speaking， as far as I'm concerned， I've merely carried to extremes in my life things that you've never had the courage even to take halfway and what's more you've interpreted your cowardice as common sense and found comfort in deceiving yourselves"By this， I think， he is most of all daring us to reflect upon ourselves and our lives or at least make us aware of this other side that is within us all。 Throughout his extended rant against life he is insisting on the existence of this irrational side within us， that we think we want happiness most of all but that we have special talent for making ourselves miserable， however irrational this might seem。 "Man is sometimes extraordinarily， passionately， in love with suffering: that is a fact"He is constantly attacking the blind enlightenment belief in reason， progress and utopia， attacking our habit of telling ourselves through reason what is good for us， that whenever we would reach our ultimate end we could finally leave suffering behind。 This， he argues is a delusion， suffering will always be with us， that even if we would finally have everything we ever wanted we would still find something to be tormented by。 There is something more important to us than our happiness， that is our "most advantageous advantage"， our freedom。 Even if it were proven to us by some theory how we should be fully satisfied and this were realized， we would risk everything and would rather suffer or even go insane to maintain our freedom。"Even if man really were nothing but a piano-key， even if this were proved to him by natural science and mathematics， even then he would not become reasonable， but would purposely do something perverse out of simple ingratitude， simply to gain his point。 And if he does not find means he will contrive destruction and chaos， will contrive sufferings of all sorts， only to gain his point！ He will launch a curse upon the world， and as only man can curse （it is his privilege， the primary distinction between him and other animals）， may be by his curse alone he will attain his object--that is， convince himself that he is a man and not a piano-key！ If you say that all this， too， can be calculated and tabulated--chaos and darkness and curses， so that the mere possibility of calculating it all beforehand would stop it all， and reason would reassert itself， then man would purposely go mad in order to be rid of reason and gain his point！ I believe in it， I answer for it， for the whole work of man really seems to consist in nothing but proving to himself every minute that he is a man and not a piano-key！ It may be at the cost of his skin， it may be by cannibalism！ And this being so， can one help being tempted to rejoice that it has not yet come off， and that desire still depends on something we don't know？"Most of all this book should make you think and not about trivial things either。 Would you really be fully satisfied if you had everything you ever asked for？ Why do we sometimes feel irrationally angry， sad or even miserable？ What if that is exactly what makes us human？ What if part of being satisfied is being dissatisfied？ What if that suffering is exactly what gives your life meaning？ If you really want to get something out if this book， I would recommend to not rush it and really think about everything you read and maybe even read it more than once。 。。。more
Su Myint Myat Moe
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What can a decent man talk about with more pleasure？ Answer: Of himself。It was absolutely mind-blowing read。 The protagonist is a 40 year old rude， self-loathed， dishonest man with a superiority complex。 He is also a contradictory， indecisive person who is always struggling between the good and bad sides of human nature。 He thinks he is better off alone but he still wants to be accepted by society， and he cares too much about what other people think of him。The scary thing is most of us will find What can a decent man talk about with more pleasure？ Answer: Of himself。It was absolutely mind-blowing read。 The protagonist is a 40 year old rude， self-loathed， dishonest man with a superiority complex。 He is also a contradictory， indecisive person who is always struggling between the good and bad sides of human nature。 He thinks he is better off alone but he still wants to be accepted by society， and he cares too much about what other people think of him。The scary thing is most of us will find ourselves in his theories and philosophies although we don’t even want to relate。 。。。more
Mickey Smith
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My first Dostoevsky venture and a great introduction both because of the short length of the book and where it found me in life。 A brooding man's relative naivete is exposed through his interactions with a world of which he demands too much。 A great book for an overly moody college student to learn a bit of self-awareness。 Fascinating how timeless the traits are that get touched in this novel and how they can relate to us today。 My first Dostoevsky venture and a great introduction both because of the short length of the book and where it found me in life。 A brooding man's relative naivete is exposed through his interactions with a world of which he demands too much。 A great book for an overly moody college student to learn a bit of self-awareness。 Fascinating how timeless the traits are that get touched in this novel and how they can relate to us today。 。。。more
NoraJamie
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Yanlış zamanlama yaptım galiba okurken， kitabın ortasına kadar biraz sıkıldım。 Sonrasında biraz daha hareketlilik giriyor。 Karakter gelişimini görmek ve dönem okuması yapmak da bir miktar mümkün。 Güzel aforizmalar var。 Yer yer düşündürtüyor da。 Ama çok hareketli bir kitap değil。
Derek
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This is the third time I've read this， and I dislike it a bit more every time I read it。 The narrator is hard to sympathize with at all -- something that I believe was intentional。 I think perhaps the best thing about this novella is that it inspired many great books， Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man， for example。 That said， it's probably my least favorite of Dostoyevsky's works。 This is the third time I've read this， and I dislike it a bit more every time I read it。 The narrator is hard to sympathize with at all -- something that I believe was intentional。 I think perhaps the best thing about this novella is that it inspired many great books， Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man， for example。 That said， it's probably my least favorite of Dostoyevsky's works。 。。。more
Scherezade00
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Un libro que me sorprendió gratamente， no es que lea mucha literatura Rusa pero los que he leido me han gustado。 Parece que la vida de los empledos públicos es igual en todos lados。 Muy profundo este libro， nos lleva a conocer hasta dónde puede llegar un ser humano。 Yo no puedo evitar hacer comparaciones y pensaba lo qeu pasaban en otros paises en 1864。 Gracias a esta historia quiero conocer San Petersburgo。 Muy bueno conocer el contexto y aprender de todos los problemas que rodeaban a su autor。 Un libro que me sorprendió gratamente， no es que lea mucha literatura Rusa pero los que he leido me han gustado。 Parece que la vida de los empledos públicos es igual en todos lados。 Muy profundo este libro， nos lleva a conocer hasta dónde puede llegar un ser humano。 Yo no puedo evitar hacer comparaciones y pensaba lo qeu pasaban en otros paises en 1864。 Gracias a esta historia quiero conocer San Petersburgo。 Muy bueno conocer el contexto y aprender de todos los problemas que rodeaban a su autor。 Igual me pasó con el lobo estepario。 Algo que me pareció interesante es ver que la primera parte fuera un monólogo。 。。。more
24ur4
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I am incredibly fascinated by this book and can't even explain why。 It is possible to find a whole series of anticipations on the man of the twentieth century that the genius of Dostoevsky was able to miraculously intercept。 The first part is a pure philosophical disquisition， the second is more autobiographical and ends up helping us to better understand the first。 Dostoevsky seems to create an interaction between him and the protagonist， leading him to reflect and helping us to understand that I am incredibly fascinated by this book and can't even explain why。 It is possible to find a whole series of anticipations on the man of the twentieth century that the genius of Dostoevsky was able to miraculously intercept。 The first part is a pure philosophical disquisition， the second is more autobiographical and ends up helping us to better understand the first。 Dostoevsky seems to create an interaction between him and the protagonist， leading him to reflect and helping us to understand that man is a free being， and being free， he has the full right to choose suffering for himself too， since it is precisely through his freedom of choice that draws satisfaction， because the crystallization in a conscious desperation， in an immutable sense of guilt， is a state of mind that for Dostoevsky develops in proportion to the intelligence。 A true existentialist novel。 。。。more
Destini
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