{"product_id":"notes-from-underground-the-double-fyodor-dostoyevsky-9780140442526","title":"Notes from Underground; The Double","description":"'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.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fyodor Dostoyevsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140442529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140442526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/1972\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.22w x 0.73d","brand":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992859279615,"sku":"9780140442526","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5176dac3-eddd-490b-a3f6-f5430a2805e6.jpg?v=1683321210","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/notes-from-underground-the-double-fyodor-dostoyevsky-9780140442526","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}