Notes from the Underground

An immersive confessional from a bitter ex-civil servant, this classic Russian novella is set in St. Petersburg in the 1860s. Notes from the Underground is Dostoevsky's early masterpiece and is one of the first examples of existentialist literature.Fyodor Dostoevsky s narrator is the anonymous voice of the masterful novella. Retired and isolated from society, he is bitter, contemptuous, and contem...