Koteliansky and Virginia Woolf, which is presented here as an appendix. s sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 187172. This edition contains the original banned Chapter Nine, translated by S.S. Funny, shocking and tragic, it is a profound and affecting work with deep philosophical discourses about God, human freedom and political revolution. Inspired by a real political killing in 1869, the book is an impassioned response to the ideologies of European liberalism and nihilism, which threatened Russian Orthodoxy it eerily predicted the Russian Revolution, which would take place fifty years later. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for THE POSSESSED (SIGNET CLASSICS) By Fyodor Dostoyevsky Excellent Condition at the best online. This possession leads them to engulf a quiet provincial town and subject it to a storm of violence.

They are consumed by their desires and ideals, and have surrendered themselves fully to the darkness of their ‘demons’. It follows the career of Pyotr Stepanovitch Verhovensky, a political terrorist who leads a group of Nihilists on a demonic quest for societal breakdown. It is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large scale tragedy. The Possessed or also called Demons is Fyodor Dostoevskys novel about life in Russia at the end of the 19th century. Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. 'The Possessed' (also known in English as 'The Devils' and 'The Demons') is the greatest novel ever written about the politics of revolution.

The possessed by fyodor dostoyevsky