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# Top-ranked vintage classic Classic Russian literature masterpiece Deep psychological exploration Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics)

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the mind of the ultimate anti-hero — dare to confront your own underground.

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## Key Features

- • **Top-Ranked Bestseller:** Ranked #32 in Psychological Fiction and boasting a 4.6-star rating from nearly 3,000 readers.
- • **Timeless Russian Classic:** Experience Dostoevsky’s groundbreaking narrative that shaped modern literature.
- • **Cult Favorite Among Millennials:** Join thousands who revisit this profound work, sparking introspection and intellectual conversations.
- • **Critically Acclaimed Translation:** Enjoy the acclaimed Pevear & Volokhonsky translation, praised for clarity and nuance.
- • **Psychological Depth Like No Other:** Dive into the complex mind of the Underground Man, a study in human neurosis and self-awareness.

## Overview

Notes from Underground is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s seminal psychological novel, presented in a highly regarded Pevear & Volokhonsky translation. This vintage classic explores the tortured consciousness of the unnamed Underground Man, offering a profound critique of vanity, self-loathing, and human nature. A top-ranked bestseller with a 4.6-star rating from over 2,900 readers, it remains a must-read for anyone seeking deep literary and philosophical insight.

## Description

desertcart.com: Notes from Underground (Vintage Classics): 9780679734529: Dostoevsky, Fyodor, Pevear, Richard, Volokhonsky, Larissa: Books

Review: Top 5 book IMO - Love this book. The first page was something in literature I had never encountered and it was so captivating. I still open this book up and read it every once in a while
Review: The man who couldn't become even an insect - My first encounter with Notes From the Underground was in college, when I wasn't doing well psychologically. I saw a lot of myself in the Underground Man, who is never properly named in this bleak novel. It's difficult to say what the Underground Man's chief problem is. He's neurotic, a little narcissistic, a little vain, a little cowardly, stuck in his ways, and so aware of his flaws that he's filled with self-loathing. Yet, at the same time, he has people he looks down upon, such as Apollon, those he sees as his equals, such as Liza for a bit, and those above him, whom he despises. Unable to live a more, say, *heroic* real life, he's become bookish, imagining a world and life that cannot be, leading him to humiliate himself at every turn. His neuroses and vanity have prevented him from connecting with others. His bookishness gets him into trouble again and again. Instead of taking responsibility for all of this, the Underground Man assumes that he's better than others (while also insisting, perhaps a little unconvincingly, that he's trash), has a more developed consciousness, that of course people want to make themselves miserable if that means they have a choice, etc. Notes From Underground follows the narrator through a dinner party and a illicit winter visit to a millner's at night. He also details his head-in-the-cloud dreams of duels, of honor, of being the hero, being lauded, and as he does, it becomes obvious why something as prosaic as a dinner party or a visit with a lady of the night would be such major events in his forty years of life. Coming back to this book almost twenty years (making me almost the same age as the narrator) after I first read it was a weird experience. It's been more than a few years since I was anywhere near the headspace, though at times I still sense glimmers of it. For those who see themselves in the narrator, Notes From the Underground is a warning against vanity, narcissism, and protecting your ego by sticking your head in the clouds. For everyone else, it's a view into someone beaten down by their own flaws (and no doubt helped there by poverty), unable to take responsibility, unable to change, and unable to *really* be honest with himself. The translation is pretty good. It needed a lot more paragraphs, but the story gets across just fine.

## Features

- russian
- dostoevsky
- translation
- fiction
- literature

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,311 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #32 in Psychological Fiction (Books) #52 in Classic Literature & Fiction #166 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,911 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Top 5 book IMO
*by C***I on February 20, 2026*

Love this book. The first page was something in literature I had never encountered and it was so captivating. I still open this book up and read it every once in a while

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The man who couldn't become even an insect
*by M***N on January 27, 2026*

My first encounter with Notes From the Underground was in college, when I wasn't doing well psychologically. I saw a lot of myself in the Underground Man, who is never properly named in this bleak novel. It's difficult to say what the Underground Man's chief problem is. He's neurotic, a little narcissistic, a little vain, a little cowardly, stuck in his ways, and so aware of his flaws that he's filled with self-loathing. Yet, at the same time, he has people he looks down upon, such as Apollon, those he sees as his equals, such as Liza for a bit, and those above him, whom he despises. Unable to live a more, say, *heroic* real life, he's become bookish, imagining a world and life that cannot be, leading him to humiliate himself at every turn. His neuroses and vanity have prevented him from connecting with others. His bookishness gets him into trouble again and again. Instead of taking responsibility for all of this, the Underground Man assumes that he's better than others (while also insisting, perhaps a little unconvincingly, that he's trash), has a more developed consciousness, that of course people want to make themselves miserable if that means they have a choice, etc. Notes From Underground follows the narrator through a dinner party and a illicit winter visit to a millner's at night. He also details his head-in-the-cloud dreams of duels, of honor, of being the hero, being lauded, and as he does, it becomes obvious why something as prosaic as a dinner party or a visit with a lady of the night would be such major events in his forty years of life. Coming back to this book almost twenty years (making me almost the same age as the narrator) after I first read it was a weird experience. It's been more than a few years since I was anywhere near the headspace, though at times I still sense glimmers of it. For those who see themselves in the narrator, Notes From the Underground is a warning against vanity, narcissism, and protecting your ego by sticking your head in the clouds. For everyone else, it's a view into someone beaten down by their own flaws (and no doubt helped there by poverty), unable to take responsibility, unable to change, and unable to *really* be honest with himself. The translation is pretty good. It needed a lot more paragraphs, but the story gets across just fine.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting Novel, Smudge Mark
*by A***R on December 28, 2025*

Wonderful book, of course not the easiest read but it’s Dostoevsky, come on now. Good quality. Took off a star because it did come with a smudge mark on the cover.

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