"Notes From The Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man and selections from The House of the Dead", by Fyodor Dostoevsky ***

• Russian author
• Originally published in 1860s....this collection in 1961
• Review:   Generally I like Dostoevsky very much.  However, "Notes From Underground....." is darkly discouraging.  The best way I can describe this collection is as a series of philosophical snapshots taken at distinct periods in the author's life.  Clearly he was eternally struggling to make meaning of life and it was an anguish filled process.  Apparently I prefer the author's storytelling to his autobiographical philosophizing.