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The Possessed

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An edition of Бѣсы (1871)

The Possessed

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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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The Macmillan Company
Language
English
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637

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Fiction, Russian fiction, Politics in fiction, Nihilism, Social life and customs, Terrorists, Manners and customs, Romans, Fiction, political, Terrorists, fiction, Russia (federation), fiction, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Slavic philology, Terrorism, Nihilismo, Terrorismo, Novela, Vido social y costumbres, Fiction, general, Nihilism--fiction, Terrorists--russia--fiction, Pg3325 .b6 2008, 891.733, Political science, Fiction, psychological, Drama, history and criticism

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Russia

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19th century

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The Possessed
2014 April 26, LibriVox
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Los demonios
2011, Alianza Editorial
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Demons: A Novel In Three Parts
2008, Penguin Books
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Devils
2005, Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
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Les possédés
2005-10-08, Project Gutenberg
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The Possessed: or, The Devils
2005 May, Project Gutenberg
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The Possessed
2005 May, Createspace
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The Possessed: The Devils
2004 June 30, Kessinger Publishing
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Běsi
2000, Academia
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附魔者
1979, Yuan jing chu ban shi ye gong si
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Die Dämonen
1921, Piper
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The Possessed: a novel in three parts
1913, The Macmillan Company
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Table of Contents

PART I
I. INTRODUCTORY 1
II. Prince Harry. Matchmaking 33
III. The Sins of Others 72
IV. The Cripple 114
V. The Subtle Serpent 146
PART II
I. Night 193
II. Night (continued) 239
III. The Duel 263
IV. All in Expectation 275
V. On the Eve of the Fete 297
VI. Pyotr Stepanovitch is Busy 321
VII. A Meeting ' 363
VIII. Ivan the Tsarevitch ' 387
IX. A Raid at Stepan Trofimovitch's 398
X. Filibusters A Fatal Morning 407
PART III
I. The Fete \u2014 First Part " 430
II. The End of the Fete 458
III. A Romance Ended 486
IV. The Last Resolution 507
V. A Wanderer 530
VI. A Busy Night 561
VII. Stepan Trofimovitch's Last Wandering 593
VIII. Conclusion 626
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Edition Notes

Printed in England.

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New York, USA
Series
The novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky -- vol. III
Other Titles
Besy, The Devils
Translation Of
Бесы

Classifications

Library of Congress
PZ3.D742 Pos

Contributors

Translator
Constance Garnett

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
vii, 637 p.
Number of pages
637

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24595056M
Internet Archive
possessednovelin00dost
LCCN
14001911
OCLC/WorldCat
4445722
Goodreads
9628049

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"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."

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