![]() ![]() Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Dostoevsky conceived of 'Demons as a 'novel-pamphlet' in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as 'The Possessed. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia-a novel that is rivaled only by 'The Brothers Karamazov' as Dostoevsky' s greatest. ![]() (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as 'The Possessed.' Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of 'Demons' as a 'novel-pamphlet' in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. ![]()
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