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Read “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoevsky in English. Tap any word for its meaning, hear how it sounds, and save it to a memory-driven review schedule.
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дорожить, лелеять
to feel warm affection for; to hold something dear.
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Why Notes from the Underground is a great book to read in English
A nameless retired clerk argues with the world from his Petersburg 'underground' — bitter, brilliant, and painfully self-aware. Dostoevsky's 1864 novella is short and dense; reading it with the Russian original beside the English is one of the best ways to watch translation wrestle with a singular voice.
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