DOSTOEVSKY, Fyodor.

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Letters from the Underworld (Notes from Underground). First edition in English of Dostoevsky's major novella, giving first utterance to his "running criticism of the idea that it is possible, by means of reason, to erect a perfect edifice of human society designed to make life comfortable for mankind, to crown its history, and to abolish suffering" (Seduro, p. 48).The volume also includes the first appearances in English of The Gentle Maiden and The Landlady.

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