Classics Book Club: Dostoevsky’s “Notes from Underground”-Monday, March 10- 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (DeMayo room)

Hagaman’s Classic Book Club will again meet to discuss their latest selection, “Notes from Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. To join the discussion, please pick up a copy at Main Circulation and contact Chris Hemingway, Reference Librarian & group facilitator, directly at either 203-468-3890 or [email protected].

Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a novella presented as the “confession” of a bitter, isolated narrator, often called the Underground Man, who is a retired civil servant in St. Petersburg. The first part of the novella is a monologue, but the narrator’s speech is filled with internal conflict, as he engages in a constant dialogue with himself. The work critiques contemporary Russian philosophy, particularly Nikolay Chernyshevsky’s What Is to Be Done?, and is a rebellion against determinism, challenging the idea that human nature and will are governed by science and mathematics.

Extra parking is available in the Stop and Shop lot behind the library, accessible from Messina Drive.