The possessed
(Book)
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Published
New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, [2005].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxxv, 727 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Adult
Fiction Dostoyevsky, F
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Fiction Dostoyevsky, F
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Published
New York : Barnes and Noble Classics, [2005].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Besy" (alternately translated into English as "The Possessed, Demons, and Devils") was originally published in 1872..
Description
Based 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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