| Genre: | Fiction |
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| Language : | English |
| Published: | January 01, 2000 |
| Edition: | 15th |
Hardcover | |
| ISBN13: | 9781857151824 |
| ISBN10: | 1857151828 |
| Pages: | 733 |
| Dimensions: | 5.31 x 8.35 x 1.57 inches |
| Weight: | 789.25 g |
About the Book
Set in mid 19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers.Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a “novel-pamphlet” in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia–a novel that is rivaled only by The Brothers Karamazov as Dostoevsky’s greatest.
The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.
The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.