The Devils: The possessed
In 'The Devils, ' or, 'The Possessed, ' Dostoyevsky created a chilling and prophetic story of revolutionaries and nihilists plotting the overthrow of the Russian government and the downfall of the Russian church. It focuses on the complex and tormented character of Stavrogin, a desperate man whose loss of faith makes him dangerous.
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- Full title :The Devils : (The possessed) / Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with an introduction by David Magarshack.
Summary
In 'The Devils, ' or, 'The Possessed, ' Dostoyevsky created a chilling and prophetic story of revolutionaries and nihilists plotting the overthrow of the Russian government and the downfall of the Russian church. It focuses on the complex and tormented character of Stavrogin, a desperate man whose loss of faith makes him dangerous.
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- Publication Date:©1971
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Penguin Books
- Place of Publication:London, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1971
Notes
Originally published, 1953. Reprinted with appendix ("Stavrogin's Confession"), 1971, and with a new chronology, 2004.
The Physical Object
- Description:xvii, 708 pages ; : 20 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780140440355, 0140440356
- oclc:ocm56440279
- LC Classification:PG3326
- Dewey Decimal:891.733
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