Notes from underground : a new translation, backgrounds and sources, responses, criticism /
A bitter, misanthropic man living alone in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the 1860s retires from the Russian civil service after inheriting some money and writes a confused and often contradictory set of memoirs or confessions describing and explaining his alienation from modern society and its nineteen...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Russian |
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New York :
Norton,
©1989.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Norton critical edition
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| Summary: | A bitter, misanthropic man living alone in St. Petersburg, Russia, in the 1860s retires from the Russian civil service after inheriting some money and writes a confused and often contradictory set of memoirs or confessions describing and explaining his alienation from modern society and its nineteenth century utilitarianism as well as his own remorse and self-loathing. This edition also includes excerpts from Dostoevsky's letters to his brother Mikhail, notebooks (1864-1865), and "Winter notes on summer impressions". |
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| Item Description: | Translation of Zapiski iz podpolʹi︠a︡. Includes excerpts from Dostoevsky's letters to his brother Mikhail, 1859-1864, notebooks, 1864-1865, and Winter notes on summer impressions. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 245 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-242). |
| ISBN: | 0393957446 9780393957440 |