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Notes from Underground and The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Notes from Underground and The Gambler

Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrator
Nicholas Boulton
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Publish Date
1 March 2019
Run Time
10 hours 25 minutes
Format
Audiobook
Genre
Classic fiction
Rating
5.0 (1 review)
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Considered one of the first existentialist novels, Notes from Underground contains one of the most unsettling characters in 19th-century fiction. Resentful, cruel, entitled and pitiful, Dostoyevsky’s Underground Man is a disturbing human being bent on humiliating others for his own amusement. He despises modern society and stews in a self-imposed misery, articulated through his bitter, contradictory monologues about torment and alienation. The Gambler is perhaps the most personal of Dostoyevsky’s novels. Written to pay off the author’s own gambling debts, the book follows the obsessions and anxieties of Alexey Ivanovitch, a sympathetic character who has given in to the forces of addiction. His despair is compounded by his love for the enigmatic Polina Alexandrovna, a cold and distant figure who exploits his desperation.

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    First I've read of Dostoyevsky! A very worthwhile read. Narration is excellent.

    Steffen 2025-04-10

Details
Author
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Narrator
Nicholas Boulton
Duration
10 hours 25 minutes
Release Date
1 March 2019
ISBN
9781781982020
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Naxos AudioBooks
Genre
Classic fiction
Rating
5.0(1 review)
Narration
5.0(1 review)

Synopsis

Considered one of the first existentialist novels, Notes from Underground contains one of the most unsettling characters in 19th-century fiction. Resentful, cruel, entitled and pitiful, Dostoyevsky’s Underground Man is a disturbing human being bent on humiliating others for his own amusement. He despises modern society and stews in a self-imposed misery, articulated through his bitter, contradictory monologues about torment and alienation. The Gambler is perhaps the most personal of Dostoyevsky’s novels. Written to pay off the author’s own gambling debts, the book follows the obsessions and anxieties of Alexey Ivanovitch, a sympathetic character who has given in to the forces of addiction. His despair is compounded by his love for the enigmatic Polina Alexandrovna, a cold and distant figure who exploits his desperation.

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