Notes from the Underground
PART I Underground · 1/23
Notes from the Underground
PART I Underground
1Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Contents NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND[*] A NOVEL * The author of the diary and the diary itself are, of course, imaginary. 2Nevertheless it is clear that such persons as the writer of these notes not only may, but positively must, exist in our society, when we consider the circumstances in the midst of which our society is formed. 3I have tried to expose to the view of the public more distinctly than is commonly done, one of the characters of the recent past. 4He is one of the representatives of a generation still living. 5In this fragment, entitled “Underground,” this person introduces himself and his views, and, as it were, tries to explain the causes owing to which he has made his appearance and was bound to make his appearance in our midst. 6In the second fragment there are added the actual notes of this person concerning certain events in his life.—AUTHOR’S NOTE.
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