{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-other-stories-fyodor-dostoevsky-1","title":"Notes From Underground \u0026 Other Stories; Fyodor Dostoevsky","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: New\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground and Other Stories\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky’s short fiction. 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.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Notes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, the Underground Man casually dismantles utilitarianism and celebrates in its stead a perverse but vibrant masochism.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Christmas Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWedding\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003erecounts the successful pursuit of a young girl by a lecherous old man. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBobok\u003c\/i\u003e, one Ivan Ivanovitch listens in on corpses gossiping in a cemetery and ends up deploring their depravity. In\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Gentle Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, the narrator describes his dawning recognition that he is responsible for his wife’s suicide. In short, as a commentator on spiritual stagnation, Dostoevsky has no equal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOther works include:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1846) Mr. Prokharchin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1847) The Landlady\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1847) Novel in Nine Letters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) Another Man's Wife and a Husband under the Bed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) A Weak Heart\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) Polzunkov\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) An Honest Thief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) A Christmas Tree and a Wedding\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1848) White Nights\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1849) A Little Hero\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1859) Uncle’s Dream\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1862) A Nasty Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1864) Notes from Underground\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1865) The Crocodile\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1873) Bobok\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1876) The Heavenly Christmas Tree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1876) A Gentle Creature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1876) The Peasant Marey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(1877) The Dream of a Ridiculous Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content hb-content-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hb-content-text hb-content-text-book-detail\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-info\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-excerpt trunc\" data-height=\"230\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"item-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"checkout-tools\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"price-info-wrap\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Secret Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32209284595782,"sku":"1804","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0275\/8921\/4278\/files\/NotesFromUnderground_OtherStories_FyodorDostoevsky_139364e9-6901-4393-b28f-89af07cb483e.jpg?v=1711366391","url":"https:\/\/www.thesecretbookstore.live\/products\/notes-from-underground-other-stories-fyodor-dostoevsky-1","provider":"The Secret Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}