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Item Details
Title:
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THE DEVILS
(THE POSSESSED) |
By: |
F. M. Dostoevsky, D. Magarshack (Trans) |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0140440356 |
ISBN 13: |
9780140440355 |
Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
Pub. date: |
27 September, 1973 |
Edition: |
New impression |
Series: |
Classics S. |
Pages: |
720 |
Translated from: |
Russian |
Synopsis: |
'Devils' ('Besy'), also known in English as 'The Possessed' and 'The Demons' is the third of Dostoevsky's five major novels. It is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray which follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. Dostoevsky compares the radicals to the devils that drove the Gadarene swine over the precipice in his vision of a society possessed by demonic creatures that produce devastating delusions of rationality. The novel is full of buffoonery and grotesque comedy. The plot is loosely based on the details of a notorious case of political murder, but Dostoevsky weaves suicide, rape, and a multiplicity of scandals into a compelling story of political evil. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Penguin Classics |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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