Notes from Underground

Two works by Fyodor Dostoevsky are presented to you—"Notes from Underground" and "A Nasty Little Story"—performed by Dmitry Bykov.

The narration in "Notes" is in the voice of a former civil servant living in St. Petersburg. Vladimir Nabokov, who generally disapproved of Dostoevsky’s work, wrote about the novella: "Here Dostoevsky’s themes, his stereotypes, and intonations are presented in the brightest way. This is the quintessence of Dostoevsky’s style."

The story "A Nasty Little Story" is written in a satirical manner with elements of the grotesque. The atmosphere of the work resembles a bad dream in which, if desired, one can find important psychoanalytic motives.

The audiobook also includes a lecture—an engaging talk by Dmitry Bykov about the works he has read.