russian-literature – Page 2

Notes from Underground (1864) Part 1 The Underground Man claims that his reason for writing down episodes from his life twenty years earlier is because “I am particularly oppressed by a certain memory from the distant past. It came back to my mind vividly a few days ago, and since then, has remained with meContinue reading

Winter Notes on Summer Impressions (1862) Winter Notes on Summer Impressions is a collection of essays about Dostoevsky’s tour of Western Europe. In it, he outlines the themes that usher in his masterpiece period. With this work, Dostoevsky’s scope widens dramatically. Much of his earlier writing focuses on individual psychology or isolated cultural issues. TheseContinue reading