Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground

1847 • 149 pages

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Average rating4.1

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This was an interesting read after finishing [b:Crime and Punishment 28348 Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoevsky https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1657562466l/28348.SY75.jpg 3393917]. The nameless narrator seems to be another “hero” (as mentioned in the Forward) with self-indulging thoughts and a high ego.. He calls himself a wicked man in the first sentence of the book, and he is, but it shows that many are with that same personality or thought. I like Dostoevsky's way of using his characters to narrate such inner thoughts because they're real and can happen in any of us. I was enjoying it up until halfway of Part 2, but then the long 2-3 page dialogues (coming from one character) happened, like C&P lol. I also wonder about the snow. It can mean death, ugly things, etc., so I also see “Apropos of Wet Snow” as the idea or parts of life/thoughts that are ugly and sad; but just an opinion.

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