A Dialogue Between Dostoevsky and Chernyshevsky

Please join us for a discussion and read through of Fyodor Dostoevsky's Notes from Underground and Nikolay Chernyshevsky's What Is to Be Done? which we will read in conjunction with each other and compare and contrast and analyze both texts. We will be using exclusively Michael Katz's translations for this Meetup in particular, so please be sure to obtain the correct edition. Please read both books for this Meetup.

Notes from Underground (pre-reform Russian: Записки изъ подполья; post-reform Russian: Записки из подполья, Zapíski iz podpólʹya; also translated as Notes from the Underground or Letters from the Underworld)[a] is a novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky first published in the journal Epoch in 1864. It is a first-person narrative in the form of a "confession". The work was originally announced by Dostoevsky in Epoch under the title "A Confession".

What Is to Be Done? (Russian: Что делать?, romanized: Chto delat'?) is an 1863 novel written by the Russian philosopher, journalist, and literary critic Nikolay Chernyshevsky, written in response to Fathers and Sons (1862) by Ivan Turgenev. The chief character is Viéra Pavlovna, a woman who escapes the control of her family and an arranged marriage to seek economic independence.

Notes from Underground Amazon Purchase Link:
https://www.amazon.com/Underground-Second-Norton-Critical-Editions/dp/0393976122

What Is to Be Done? Amazon Purchase Link:
https://www.amazon.com/What-Be-Done-Nikolai-Chernyshevsky/dp/0801495474