In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position.

наслаждение отчаяния, но в отчаянии-то и бывают самые жгучие наслаждения, особенно когда уж очень сильно сознаешь безвыходность своего положения.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from the Underground

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Hopelessness and despair Pleasure

Author

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Source

Notes from the Underground

Medium

Novel

Language

Russian

Time

1865 1860s 19th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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Russia Europe

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Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Записки изъ подполья [Notes from Underground]. Epoch, Jan-Apr. 1864.

Current Citation

Dostoevsky, Fyodor. "Notes from the Underground." Notes from the Underground and The Double, translated by Ronald Wilks. Penguin Classics, 2009.

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