Notes from the Underground #886631

Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a groundbreaking psychological and philosophical novella that helped define modern existential literature. First published in 1864, the book is presented as the fragmented and often contradictory confessions of an unnamed narrator—an isolated former civil servant living in self-imposed exile.
Bitter, alienated, and painfully self-aware, the narrator offers a scathing critique of Enlightenment rationalism, social conformity, and the illusion of progress. Through his internal monologue and defiant rejection of societal norms, Dostoevsky probes the darker corners of human consciousness—free will, suffering, resentment, and the irrational drives that shape human behavior.
A profound and provocative exploration of the human psyche, Notes from the Underground remains one of the most influential and intellectually challenging works in world literature.