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During a time of revolution, Nikolay Stavrogin, a brilliant but alienated young aristocrat, becomes a criminal, a degenerate, and an exploiter of women because of his inability to feel genuine emotion. Dostoyevsky hoped, in this novel, to rally the Russian upper classes to turn away from their own nihilistic self-absorption and identify with the masses, to avert the real revolution he saw coming. The title, translated variously as THE POSSESSED or DEMONS refers to the tide of new political ideas that spread through Russia in the late 19th century--ideas Dostoyevsky saw as dangerous and destructive.
| Size | | Length: | 768 pages | | Height: | 8.3 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.8 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"The merit in this edition of 'Demons' resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky...are effective interpreters of Cyrillic runes, cryptic word endings and grammars signifying something secret or encoding hidden lore. Indeed, generations of readers will remember 'Demons' under the title used in earlier English editions, 'The Possessed'...This canny translation of 'Demons' illuminates much of why authentic literary greatness was so feared in the former Soviet Union."
New York Times Book Review - A. Craig Copetas (08/21/1994)
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