
The Possessed : The Devils
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN13:
9781974488995
$33.99
The Possessed also translated as The Devils or Demons, is an 1872 novel by Dostoevsky. For an explanation of the marked difference in the English-language title, please see the section "Note on the title" below.An extremely political book, The Possessed is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century.As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoevsky casts a critical eye on both the left-wing idealists, exposing their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences.
- | Author: Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Aug 14, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 672 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1974488993
- | ISBN-13: 9781974488995
- Author:
- Fyodor M. Dostoyevsky
- Publisher:
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication Date:
- Aug 14, 2017
- Number of pages:
- 672 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1974488993
- ISBN-13:
- 9781974488995