Notes from underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky — ‘I believe this is so and I'm prepared to vouch for it, because it seems to me that the meaning of man's life consists in proving to ...

With an Introduction and Notes by David Rampton, Department of English, University of Ottowa. Notes from Underground and Other Stories is a comprehensive collection of Dostoevsky’s short fiction. Many of these stories, like his great novels, reveal his special sympathy for the solitary and dispossessed, explore the same complex psychological issues and subtly combine rich […]

Notes From Underground- Fyodor Dostoevsky

Note From Underground (by Fyodor Dostoevsky)

This painting depicts a man in his utterly dark room or maybe a jailcell. The man is looking outside a small as if he is gasping for light. The window is the only souce of light and worth in the somber and seemingly cold room. There is a mistery whether this is actually a jail cell or just a dark room with a small window as the title 'Prisioner' might indicate an actual lock up or maybe the feeling of being confined to a certain place. This painting is now is part of the Tretyakov Galerie…