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Notes from the Underground, the Double and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classic (Barnes & Noble Classics)

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Notes from Underground, The Double and Other Stories, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Often considered a prologue to Dostoevsky’s brilliant novels, the story “Notes from Underground” introduces one of the great anti-heroes in literature: the underground man, who lives on the fringes of society. In an impassioned, manic monologue this character—plagued by shame, guilt, and alienation—argues that reason is merely a flimsy construction built upon humanity’s essentially irrational core. Internal conflict is also explored in “The Double,” a surreal tale of a government clerk who meets a more unpleasant version of himself and is changed as a result.

In addition to these two existential classics, this collection also includes the psychologically probing stories “The Meek One,” “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man,” and “White Nights.”

Deborah A. Martinsen is Assistant to the Director of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature. She is the author of Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure.

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Often considered a prologue to Dostoevsky's brilliant novels, the story "Notes from Underground" introduces one of the great anti-heroes in literature: the underground man, who lives on the fringes of society. In an impassioned, manic monologue this character--plagued by shame, guilt, and alienation--argues that reason is merely a flimsy construction built upon humanity's essentially irrational core. Internal conflict is also explored in "The Double, " a surreal tale of a government clerk who meets a more unpleasant version of himself and is changed as a result. In addition to these two existential classics, this collection also includes the psychologically probing stories "The Meek One, " "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, " and "White Nights."

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This is the psychologically nightmarish novella that inspired literary works as diverse as Franz Kafka’s “The Burrow” and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. This new collection also includes Dostoevsky’s magnificent short stories “White Nights,” “The Meek One,” and “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man.”

Deborah A. Martinsen is Assistant to the Director of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature. She is Executive Secretary of the North American Dostoevsky Society.

About the Author

Deborah A. Martinsen is Assistant to the Director of the Core Curriculum at Columbia University and Adjunct Associate Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature. She is the author of Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure.

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ISBN:
9781593080372
Subtitle:
Barnes & Noble Classics Series
Translator:
Garnett, Constance
Translator:
Garnett, Constance
Illustrator:
Martinsen, Deborah A.
Author:
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Author:
Dostoevsky, Fyodor M.
Author:
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
Publisher:
Barnes & Noble Classics
Subject:
Literary
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Classics
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Stories (single author)
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Paperback
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Publication Date:
September 2003
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Mass Market Paperbound
Language:
English
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, Y
Pages:
512
Dimensions:
6.80x4.16x1.33 in. .65 lbs.

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