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Cruel classic's final humility.(BOOKS)(THE LOST WORD)

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From: The Washington Times
Date: 20040711
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Byline: Stephen Barbara, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

It is interesting to see that Everyman's Library, the publisher of so many beloved classics of world literature, has just printed a new edition of Fyodor Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground." Even under the cozy, highly respectable aegis of the Everyman imprint, "Notes From Underground" remains one of the most cruel, unpleasant, and shocking novels in the history of literature. The Russian critic D.S. Mirsky said of it, and not ironically: "It is a strong poison . . . most safely left untouched."

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