proposes as the foundation of Utopian society. The idea of cultural and legislative systems relying on this rational egoism is what the protagonist despises. The Underground Man embraces this ideal in praxis, and seems to blame it for his current state of unhappiness.

Part 2: "Apropos of the Wet Snow"

The title of Part 2 is an allusion to the critic Pavel Annenkov's observation that "damp showers and

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