{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-other-stories","title":"Notes from Underground \u0026 Other Stories","description":"\u003ch1\u003eNotes from Underground \u0026amp; Other Stories\u003c\/h1\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003eMay 15 2015\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781840225778\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1840225777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eWith an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa. \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is 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. \u003ci\u003eIn Notes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, the Underground Man casually dismantles utilitarianism and celebrates in its stead a perverse but vibrant masochism. \u003ci\u003eA Christmas Tree and a Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the successful pursuit of a young girl by a lecherous old man. In \u003ci\u003eBobok\u003c\/i\u003e, one Ivan Ivanovitch listens in on corpses gossiping in a cemetery and ends up deploring their depravity. In \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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44070108397613,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_5a585165-7a57-4886-8b16-c0b6bdc84ae1.jpg?v=1767002682","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/notes-from-underground-other-stories","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}