Editions of Devils (Oxford World's Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Demons: A Novel in Three Parts

F.M. Dostoevsky

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This work is from the award-winning translators of "Crime and Punishment", Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Dostoevsky first conceived of this book as a 'novel-pamphlet' in which he intended to 'say everything' about Russia's new liberal reformers, whom he loathed - particularly the group of anti-Czarist political terrorists known as Nihilis...more

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Demons (Penguin Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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A superb new translation of Dostoyevsky’s chilling and prophetic novel of revolutionary fanaticismPyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society, and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to lay down their lives to accomplish their goals...more

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The Devils (World's Classics)

F. M. Dostoevsky

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The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils (1871-2), also known as The Possessed, is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. This new translation includes the chapter "Stavrogin's confession," initially ce...more

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Devils (Oxford World's Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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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 ma...more

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Devils: The Possessed (Oxford World's Classics)

Fedor M. Dostoevsky

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The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils (1871-2), also known as The Possessed, is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. This new translation includes the chapter "Stavrogin's confession," initially ce...more

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Devils (Oxford World's Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The third of Dostoevsky's five major novels, Devils (1871-2), also known as The Possessed, is at once a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism, depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. This new translation includes the chapter "Stavrogin's confession," initially ce...more

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Demons (Everyman's Library Classics & Contemporary Classics)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Originally completed in 1872, this novel by the author of Crime and Punishment offers a politically prophetic study of a nation in turmoil and the anti-czarist liberal reformers who threaten the soul of the Russian nation.

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Demons (Everyman's Library, 182)

Fyodor Dostoevsky

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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, Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about th...more

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