Notes from Underground

1864 novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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Notes from Underground
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Notes from Underground

Summary

Notes from Underground is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.68% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,035 views/month, #194 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • Notes from Underground authored Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3].
  • Notes from Underground's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • Notes from Underground's genre is philosophical fiction[5].
  • Notes from Underground's Commons category is recorded as Notes from Underground[6].
  • Notes from Underground's language of work or name is recorded as Russian[7].
  • Notes from Underground's country of origin is recorded as Russia[8].
  • 1864 marks the founding of Notes from Underground[9].
  • Notes from Underground was published on 1864[10].
  • Notes from Underground's has edition or translation is recorded as White Nights and Other Stories/Notes from Underground[11].
  • Notes from Underground's has edition or translation is recorded as Q17352647[12].
  • Notes from Underground's narrative location is recorded as Saint Petersburg[13].
  • Notes from Underground's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Notes from Underground[14].
  • Notes from Underground's title is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Записки изъ подполья'}[15].
  • Notes from Underground's first line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Я человѣкъ больной… Я злой человѣкъ. Непривлекательный я человѣкъ. Я ду‐маю, что у меня болитъ печень. Впрочемъ я ни шиша не смыслю въ моей болѣзни и не знаю навѣрно что у меня болитъ. Я не лѣчусь и никогда не лѣчился, хотя медицину и докторовъ уважаю. Ктому‐же я еще и суевѣренъ до крайности; ну, хоть настолько, чтобъ уважать медицину. (Я достаточно образованъ, чтобъ не быть суевѣрнымъ, но я суевѣренъ.) Нѣтъ‐съ, я не хочу лѣчиться со злости. Вотъ вы этого навѣрно не изволите понимать.'}[16].
  • Notes from Underground's last line is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Впрочемъ здѣсь еще не кончаются «записки» этого парадоксалиста. Онъ не вы-держалъ и продолжалъ далѣе. Но намъ тоже кажется, что здѣсь можно и остано-виться.'}[17].
  • Notes from Underground's copyright status is recorded as public domain[18].
  • Notes from Underground's copyright status is recorded as public domain[19].
  • Notes from Underground's form of creative work is recorded as novella[20].

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Authorship and Creation

Notes from Underground authored Fyodor Dostoyevsky[3].

Publication

Notes from Underground was released on 1864[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as Russian[7]. Its genre is philosophical fiction[5].

Why It Matters

Notes from Underground ranks in the top 0.68% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,035 views/month, #194 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Class ancestry

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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