Other Fiction Dostoevsky, Feodor: Notes From the Underground. v1. 18 July 07

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Feodor Dostoevsky (or Fyodor), one of the two titans of Russian prose, first published Notes From the Underground in 1864. It is regarded as a founding work of existentialism.

From Wikipedia:

For Dostoevsky, war is the rebellion of the people against the idea that reason guides everything. And thus, reason is the ultimate principle of guidance for neither history nor mankind.

For me this is the most approachable Dostoevsky work. I was hooked from the first page. I started reading it about 21:00 and stayed up until I finished it. By Russian standards it is a short novel.

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