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Demons : : a Novel in Three Parts

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881. Book - 1994 Fiction / Dostoyevsky, Fyodor 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.7 out of 5

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pt. 1. Instead of an introduction -- Prince Harry. Matchmaking -- Someone else's sins -- The last girl -- The wise serpent -- pt. 2. Night -- The duel -- All in expectation -- Before the Fête -- Pyotr Stepanovich bustles about -- With our people -- Ivan the Tsarevich -- Stepan Trofimovich perquisitioned -- Filibusters. A fatal morning -- pt. 3. The Fête. First part -- The end of the Fête -- A finished romance -- A traveler -- A toilsome night -- The last peregrination.
Of Stepan Trofimovich -- Conclusion.
A new translation of The Possessed and a new title to go with it. The translators claim it better reflects the spirit of what basically is a novel of ideas, the demons of the title being the Western imports of idealism, socialism, materialism, nihilism, atheism and so on.

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PUBLISHED
New York : A.A. Knopf, 1994.
Year Published: 1994
Description: 733 pages ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0679423141
9780679423140
0679734511
9780679734512

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Pevear, Richard, 1943-
Volokhonsky, Larissa.

SUBJECTS
Nihilism -- Fiction.
Terrorists -- Russia -- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Russia (Federation) -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction.