Idle Talk: Childish Tales

Notes from Underground | Fyodor Dostoyevsky

PLOT

Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld, is an 1864 by . Notes is considered by many to be one of the first novels. It presents itself as an excerpt from the rambling memoirs of a bitter, , unnamed narrator (generally referred to by critics as the Underground Man), who is a retired living in . The first part of the story is told in form, or the underground man's diary, and attacks emerging Western philosophy, especially 's The second part of the book is called "Apropos of the Wet Snow" and describes certain events that appear to be destroying and sometimes renewing the underground man, who acts as a first person, and .

IDLE TALK

Being here by myself causes me to mope about sometimes. I'm not able to interact with anyone, but it does give me time to think. That's when I tend to get full of myself. I can only speak to myself... So winning an argument is simple. I always end up lifting my own spirits, so... The longer I'm here by myself, the higher my self-esteem gets. Although that confidence may just be a temporary front. Does that make any sense to you? It's difficult to notice these things about oneself... So in such times, reading a book may be good for you. A story with a similar theme would be ​Notes from Underground.

Notes from Underground​ is a novel by Dostoyevsky. It's the monologue of a petty official who's locked underground. For an overly self-conscious man who cut his ties to the world... His thought are logical but defensive. I can't bring myself to call him a fool... Because he sounds like someone I know. Someone who thinks and worries in solitude... We deem the world to be illogical for our own convenience. To reject the world as well as this place... That could very easily be something I do, too.

You should read it if you haven't yet. I'm quite convinced you'll enjoy it.