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The Possessed

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An edition of Бѣсы (1871)

The Possessed

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Third of Dostoyevsky's five major novels. It is a powerful political tract and a profound study of a theism, depicting disarray which follows the appearence of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. The novel is full of buffoonery and grotesque comedy.

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Publisher
Modern Library
Language
English
Pages
736

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The Possessed
2014 April 26, LibriVox
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Cover of: Los demonios
Los demonios
2011, Alianza Editorial
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Demons: A Novel In Three Parts
2008, Penguin Books
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The Possessed
2005 May, Createspace
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Devils
2005, Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
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Cover of: Les possédés
Les possédés
2005-10-08, Project Gutenberg
in French
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The Possessed: or, The Devils
2005 May, Project Gutenberg
Epub in English
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The Possessed: The Devils
2004 June 30, Kessinger Publishing
Paperback in English
Cover of: Běsi
Běsi
2000, Academia
Hardcover in Czech
Cover of: 附魔者
附魔者
1979, Yuan jing chu ban shi ye gong si
in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
1963, Modern Library
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Die Dämonen
Die Dämonen
1921, Piper
in German

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York, USA
Copyright Date
1963
Translation Of
Бесы

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
891.7/3/3
Library of Congress
PZ3.D742, PZ3.D742 Pos9

Contributors

Translator
Constance Garnett
Afterword
Avrahm Yarmolinsky

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xiv, 736 p. ;
Number of pages
736

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL18311434M
Internet Archive
possessed0000dost
ISBN 10
0394604415
ISBN 13
9780394604411
LCCN
36003324
OCLC/WorldCat
233936310, 1015384886, 694223716, 581631
Library Thing
7576788
Goodreads
3158110

First Sentence

"BEFORE DESCRIBING THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS WHICH took place so recently in our town, hitherto not remarkable for anything in particular, I find it necessary, since I am not a skilled writer, to go back a little and begin with certain biographical details concerning our talented and greatly esteemed Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky."

Work Description

Also known as Demons or The Devils, this is Dostoyevsky’s most political novel. Though critical of the left-wing revolutionaries, split as they often were into disparate factions and cells the author also tacitly rebukes the conservative elite for failing to come to terms with the high levels of disaffection in the country, a stance that would ultimately lead to their downfall.

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