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Albert Camus · Modern · Novel
19th Century · Novella, philosophy
Notes from Underground
by Fyodor Dostoevsky. A bitter narrator attacks rational utopianism while exposing self-consciousness, spite, and the irrational need for freedom.
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- Date
- 1864
- Origin
- Russia
- Era
- 19th Century
- Genre
- Novella, philosophy
- Canon tier
- Essential core
- Difficulty
- Challenging
- Length
- Short
- Collection
- The Western Canon
Subjects and themes
Why it matters
A bitter narrator attacks rational utopianism while exposing self-consciousness, spite, and the irrational need for freedom.
This work is included on the basis of bloom. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.
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