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The Possessed

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An edition of Бѣсы (1871)

The Possessed

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  • 20 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

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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Heinemann
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English

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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 Long Now Manual for Civilization Psychology Criticism and interpretation

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Russia

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19th century

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Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
2014 April 26, LibriVox
Audiobook Download in English
Cover of: Los demonios
Los demonios
2011, Alianza Editorial
Paperback in Spanish - 3 edición
Cover of: Demons
Demons: A Novel In Three Parts
2008, Penguin Books
Paperback in English - 1st printing
Cover of: Les possédés
Les possédés
2005-10-08, Project Gutenberg
in French
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed: or, The Devils
2005 May, Project Gutenberg
Epub in English
Cover of: Devils
Devils
2005, Wordsworth Classics of World Literature
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
2005 May, Createspace
Paperback in English
Cover of: The Possessed
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: Die Dämonen
Die Dämonen
1921, Piper
in German
Cover of: The Possessed
The Possessed
1914, Heinemann
in English

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Published in
London, England
Series
The novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translation Of
Бесы

Contributors

Translator
Constance Garnett

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22610142M
OCLC/WorldCat
437788390, 58962900

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Work ID
OL166971W

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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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