{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-and-the-double","title":"Notes from Underground and the Double","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's shorter works, \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Double, \u003c\/i\u003e are combined here for an intensive exploration of human consciousness, translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Robert Louis Jackson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlienated from society and paralyzed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter irony, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'anthill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Double\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e when a government clerk encounters a man who looks exactly like him--his double, perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own personality. Like \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a masterly tragicomic study of human consciousness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRonald Wilks's extraordinary new translation is accompanied here by an introduction by Robert Louis Jackson discussing these pivotal works in the context of Dostoyevsky's life and times. This edition also contains a chronology, bibliography, table of ranks and notes on each work.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48981640708233,"sku":"9780140455120","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0376\/3057\/4729\/files\/imageloader_d317cb0a-d23a-4bc6-bda2-13f6fb02b495.jpg?v=1794429607","url":"https:\/\/thebookmarkpr.com\/products\/notes-from-underground-and-the-double","provider":"The Bookmark Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}