Notes from the Underground
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Narrated by:
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Walter Zimmerman
About this listen
The book, published in 1864, marks a turning point in Dostoevsky's writing: it announces the moral, political, and social ideas that he will further examine in Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov. The book opens with a tormented soul crying out, "I am a sick man...I am a spiteful man." This is the cry of an alienated individual who has become one of the greatest anti-heroes in all literature.
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Editor reviews
Walter Zimmerman strikes an intellectual, angst-ridden note in his performance of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground, a foundation text among existential writers like Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
The first part of this novella sees the jaded narrator musing philosophically on whether human action is motivated by reason as well as the concept of suffering. In the second part, we get a more dramatic portrait of the "Underground Man". Here we see him obsess over a cruel officer and cruelly spew his anguish upon a young prostitute.
The narrator in Dostoevsky’s novella is meant to be fascinating but not fully sympathetic. Zimmerman deftly conveys both his intelligence and his arrogance.
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- Robin
- 12-08-17
Mesmerising.
The story is beautifully written and truthfully observed. It felt very personal. Zimmerman narrates superbly.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-02-21
Great mate...
So much to say... well no... I won't... just read it yourself and then take to the mirror...
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Glor
- 17-06-14
Yuk
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Different reader needed.................I was unable to continue listening hence unable to digest the story although I know the story .
How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?
Its a great story
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Very much
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The story
Any additional comments?
Awful experience . Made me irritable and turned it off (:
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