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Demons

Introduction by Joseph Frank

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Introduction by Joseph Frank
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Introduction by Joseph Frank
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky

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Aug 01, 1995 | ISBN 9780679734512

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    About Demons

    Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried 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. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.

    About Demons

    Set in mid 19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers.

    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. 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.

    The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.

    About Demons

    Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried 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. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.

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    About Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Fyodor Mikailovich Dostoevsky’s life was as dark and dramatic as the great novels he wrote. He was born in Moscow in 1821. A short first novel, Poor Folk (1846), brought him instant success, but his writing career was cut short by his… More about Fyodor Dostoevsky

    About Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Fyodor Mikailovich Dostoevsky’s life was as dark and dramatic as the great novels he wrote. He was born in Moscow in 1821. A short first novel, Poor Folk (1846), brought him instant success, but his writing career was cut short by his… More about Fyodor Dostoevsky

    About Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Fyodor Mikailovich Dostoevsky’s life was as dark and dramatic as the great novels he wrote. He was born in Moscow in 1821. A short first novel, Poor Folk (1846), brought him instant success, but his writing career was cut short by his… More about Fyodor Dostoevsky

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $20.00
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 01, 1995 | 768 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679734512

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $28.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Oct 24, 2000 | 776 Pages | 5 x 8 | ISBN 9780375411229

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Vintage
    May 19, 2010 | 768 Pages | ISBN 9780307434869
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    Praise

    “[An] admirable new translation of…Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.” –New York Review of Books

    “The merit in this edition of Demons resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators…They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.” –New York Times Book Review

    “Demons is the Dostoevsky novel for our age…[Pevear and Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the characters’ many voices…They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns…A capital job of restoration.” –Los Angeles Times

    With an Introduction by Richard Pevear

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