The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Literary fiction
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Read all about the memoirs of an isolated unnamed man in this philosophical questioning of the human condition. The narrator takes the readers on a brilliant journey of pain and doubt, as he’s not satisfied with the current societal norms. Dostoevsky uses fiction to challenge the Russian ideologies of the 19th century. He explores themes of love, alienation, politics, religion and so many more. Join the Underground Man on his search for truth and meaning, and perhaps engage your own mind in this philosophical journey!
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Read all about the memoirs of an isolated unnamed man in this philosophical questioning of the human condition. The narrator takes the readers on a brilliant journey of pain and doubt, as he’s not satisfied with the current societal norms. Dostoevsky uses fiction to challenge the Russian ideologies of the 19th century. He explores themes of love, alienation, politics, religion and so many more. Join the Underground Man on his search for truth and meaning, and perhaps engage your own mind in this philosophical journey!
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A truly unique piece of work and if you connect with the wavelength of the underground man's cognitive patterns, you will find it greatly disorienting and haunting even. A true extintial nightmare. In the author's note, Dostoevsky warned about people like the protagonist which left me puzzled throughout the novel and till the end. Was he capturing parts of his self and experiences ? Or was he critisizing people or intellectuals he knew ?
Aug 29, 2025