{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-the-double-9780140442526","title":"Notes from Underground; The Double","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'It is best to do nothing! The best thing is conscious inertia! So long live the underground!'Alienated from society and paralysed by a sense of his own insignificance, the anonymous narrator of Dostoyevsky's groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of his tortured life. With bitter sarcasm, he describes his refusal to become a worker in the 'ant-hill' of society and his gradual withdrawal to an existence 'underground'. The seemingly ordinary world of St Petersburg takes on a nightmarish quality in \u003ci\u003eThe Double\u003c\/i\u003e when a government clerk encounters a man who exactly resembles him - his double perhaps, or possibly the darker side of his own personality. Like \u003ci\u003eNotes from Underground, \u003c\/i\u003e this is a masterly study of human consciousness.Jessie Coulson's introduction discusses the stories' critical reception and the themes they share with Dostoyevksy's great novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354727604375,"sku":"9780140442526","price":744.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140442526.webp?v=1767669982","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/notes-from-underground-the-double-9780140442526","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}