What is the narrator point of view in the novel, The Underground Man?

The Duke's story is told from the perspective of many different characters. Most of the Duke's story is told in his own words in the form of excerpts from his personal journal. However, these excerpts are frequently interrupted by brief accounts written from the point of view of various peripheral characters.

The accounts given by some of the peripheral characters give the reader a third-person view of the Duke and his life. Here, information about the Duke's condition is even more indirect because it involves others' interpretation of the Duke's actions. These third-person accounts provide a contrast between how the Duke sees himself and his place in the world and how others see him and his situation.