My rant about how good it is

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Originally Posted by Gladys

Mr. Duffy, in 'A Painful Case', does not so much ignore the chance to love as have rather too high expectations for love. Mrs. Sinico, and most others in the city of Dublin, fall far short.

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Yes the characters were given the chance to love and be happy but they both ignored that chance and therefore lived loveless lives after that, that was the similarity I'm pointing out.

I laughed out loud many times! NFTU is the first Dostoyevsky I ever read, and since then, I have not read anything BUT Dostoyevsky (I read Notes about 3 months ago). I sat and read it start to finish, sitting outside on a rocky chair, laughing and grinning and then in a flash, becoming pensive. In an instant, I was in love with Fyodor and marveled at his insight.

The part where he talks about his servant, and then stops and says "but enough about him. We will talk of this man, this plague, later." I laughed for nearly a minute at his hatefulness. Looking back, it wasn't THAT funny, it just stuck out and hit the right spot at the right time.

Easily one of my favorites from the Russian master.

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Originally Posted by Rodya

The part where he talks about his servant, and then stops and says "but enough about him. We will talk of this man, this plague, later." I laughed for nearly a minute at his hatefulness. Looking back, it wasn't THAT funny, it just stuck out and hit the right spot at the right time.

Easily one of my favorites from the Russian master.

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You and me both! Notes from the Underground is the only novella I've read close a good couple of times. There's just so much to learn there. I feel it's one of Dostoevsky's strongest pieces because it packs so much into so little.

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Originally Posted by Ineverland

This will become long and tedious but when I read this a few years ago I could hardly believe how amazing it was (still is).

Dostoyevsky must have been one of the most insightful and intuitive people at that time. The way his central character thought was incredible. It was contadictory and the book was not afraid to expose the darker side of people's personalities. Also, is this just me or is the book intended to be humorous? My parents thought I was crazy for laughing my way through it but I found it had a wonderful touch of mockery in the way it depicted the main character. I am probably being completely ignorant here but I found some parts of the book hilarious. It seemed that he was using a lot of black humour and the part where he gave the example of a man growing to enjoy his toothache was very witty. Have I misinterpreted it entirely?

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Thanks to this work and Crime & Punishment, I am two steps closer to proclaiming my love for Russian Literature.

Outside of Hamlet,the antichrist and especially King Lear no piece of literature has ever moved me quite as much and as consistently as dostoevskys novella. The first time i read it i was astonished at how accurately FD seemed able to read my mind, to anticipate my objections,and his hilarious and realistic insight into the 'underground' human condition. To be honest the first section 'notes from underground remains the most exhilirating read ever,and if it wasnt for Shakespeare i would say the most moving as well. Shakespeare cured me of dostoevsky and Nietzsche.