Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Genre: Philosophical novella Setting: St. Petersburg When Published: 1864 Literary Period: Realism, but many of the novel’s features anticipate modernism and existentialism. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Full Title: Notes from Underground When Written: 1864 Where Written: St. Specially commissioned for the World's Classics, this new translation includes a full editorial apparatus.
The Gambler (1866), set in the fictional town of Roulettenberg, explores the compulsive nature of gambling, one of the author's own vices andĪ subject he describes with extraordinary acumen and drama. Notes from the underground and, The gambler by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. A probing, speculative book, often regarded as a forerunner of the Existentialist movement, it examines the important political and philosophical questions that were current in Russia and Europe at the time. Notes from the Underground (1864) is one of the most profound works of nineteenth-century literature.
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