Bibliograph

Demons, a novel in three parts, by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated and annotated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Type

Label

Demons, a novel in three parts, by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated and annotated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-733)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Demons

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32994368

Responsibility statement

by Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated and annotated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

Sub title

a novel in three parts

Summary

Mirrors the turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia, denouncing both nihlists and revolutionairiesBased on a true event, in which a young revolutionary was murdered by his comrades, The Possessed provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh depiction of a ruthless band of Russian intellectuals, atheists, socialists, anarchists, and other radicals who attempt to incite the population of a small provincial town to revolt against the government. In contrast to Dostoevsky's savage portrait of these radicals and the violent ideas that have possessed them like demons, the author expresses great sympathy for workers and other ordinary people ill-served by those who presume to speak in their name

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