Notes From Underground -

The narrator's intellect is so overdeveloped that it paralyzes him, preventing him from making simple decisions or living a normal life.

The "Underground Man" introduces himself as a bitter, isolated former civil servant. Notes From Underground

Set sixteen years earlier, it follows his disastrous social interactions, including a humiliating dinner with former schoolmates and a complex encounter with a prostitute named Liza. The narrator's intellect is so overdeveloped that it