Notes from Underground was published in 1864 as the first four issues of Epoch, a Russian magazine by Fyodor and Mikhail Dostoevsky. A similar character is also found in Martin Scorseseâs Taxi Driver. It has influenced writers like Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche. This novel has had a big impact on many different works of literature and philosophy. The Underground Man shows how idealized rationality in utopias is inherently flawed, because it doesnât account for the irrational side of humanity. With this book, Dostoevsky challenged the ideologies of his time, like nihilism and utopianism. It is considered to be one of the first existentialist novels. The âundergroundâ in the book refers to the narratorâs isolation, which he described in chapter 11 as âlistening through a crack under the floor.â The man is never named and is generally referred to as the Underground Man. Notes from Underground is a fictional collection of memoirs written by a civil servant living alone in St. Will you support our efforts with a donation? We rely on your support to help us keep producing beautiful, free, and unrestricted editions of literature for the digital age. Standard EbooksĤ4,336 words (2 hours 42 minutes) with a reading ease of 69.92 (fairly easy)
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