![]() ![]() One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly. is the story of a tragic relationship between an impoverished copy clerk and a young seamstress, told through their passionate letters to each other. ![]() In short, as a commentator on spiritual stagnation, Dostoevsky has no equal. Dostoevsky’s most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. In A Gentle Spirit, the narrator describes his dawning recognition that he is responsible for his wife's suicide. In Bobok, one Ivan Ivanovitch listens in on corpses gossiping in a cemetery and ends up deploring their depravity. A Christmas Tree and a Wedding recounts the successful pursuit of a young girl by a lecherous old man. In Notes from Underground, the Underground Man casually dismantles utilitarianism and celebrates in its stead a perverse but vibrant masochism. Notes From Underground & Other Stories (Wordsworth Classics) Kitap Aklamas With an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English. Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal his special sympathy for the solitary and dispossessed, explore the same complex psychological issues and subtly combine rich characterization and philosophical meditations on the (often) dark areas of the human psyche, all conveyed in an idiosyncratic blend of deadly seriousness and wild humour. Notes from Underground and Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky's short fiction. With an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa. ![]()
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