Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1864
A bitter civil servant's confession (translated by Constance Garnett). Read Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky page by page and explore its…
* The author of the diary and the diary itself are, of course, imaginary. Nevertheless 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. I have tried to expose to the view of the public more distinctly than is commonly done, one of the characters of the recent past. He is one of the representatives of a generation still living. In this fragment, entitled “Underground,” this person introduces himself and his views, and, as it were, tries to explain…
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