Notes from Underground

What it's about

A bitter retired official in St Petersburg addresses the reader from his "underground": first a rant against reason, progress and the idea that people act in their own interest, then the memory of a humiliating dinner and his cruelty to a young woman named Liza. A short novel often read as one of the first works of existentialism. In Garnett's translation.

Who it's for

- Readers who like short, intense novels - Anyone interested in the roots of existentialism - Readers who enjoy an unreliable and unlikeable narrator

What’s inside

1. 1

   I

   5 min
2. 2

   II

   6 min
3. 3

   III

   7 min
4. 4

   IV

   3 min
5. 5

   V

   5 min
6. 6

   VI

   2 min
7. 7

   VII

   9 min
8. 8

   VIII

   9 min
9. 9

   IX

   5 min
10. 10

    X

    3 min
11. 11

    XI

    6 min
12. 12

    PART II

    1 min
13. 13

    I

    22 min
14. 14

    II

    8 min
15. 15

    III

    16 min
16. 16

    IV

    16 min
17. 17

    V

    8 min
18. 18

    VI

    17 min
19. 19

    VII

    14 min
20. 20

    VIII

    18 min
21. 21

    IX

    12 min
22. 22

    X

    9 min

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