Notes from the Underground

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from the Underground is a stirring novella by the prominent Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky. In it, the narrator, known as the underground man, struggles from isolation and bitterness. He philosophizes on the main struggles of the idea that humans can achieve perfection, and how this can be the ruin of a civilization. The language and humor is so strong, clean, and thorough that it compels the reader to sympathize and read on with this mad and daring genius.

146 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 20, 2026

About the author

Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский (Russian)

Works, such as the novels Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), of Russian writer Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky or Dostoevski combine religious mysticism with profound psychological insight.

Very influential writings of Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin included Problems of Dostoyevsky's Works (1929),

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky composed short stories, essays, and journals. His literature explores humans in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century and engages with a variety of philosophies and themes. People most acclaimed his Demons(1872) .

Many literary critics rate him among the greatest authors of world literature and consider multiple books written by him to be highly influential masterpieces. They consider his Notes from Underground of the first existentialist literature. He is also well regarded as a philosopher and theologian.

See also:
Russian → Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский
French → Fédor Dostoïevski
French → Fiodor Dostoïevski
Spanish → Fiódor Dostoyevski
Portuguese → Fiódor Dostoiévski