The bitter, unnamed narrator confesses from his “underground” a philosophy of spite, free will, and self-destruction that rejects every rational utopia. Often called the first existentialist novel, it is the prologue to Dostoevsky's great works.
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The bitter, unnamed narrator confesses from his “underground” a philosophy of spite, free will, and self-destruction that rejects every rational utopia. Often called the first existentialist novel, it is the prologue to Dostoevsky's great works.