false 5695 96 Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russia in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of <i>Demons</i> as a "novel-pamphlet" in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What he emerged with in 1872 was at once his darkest novel until <i>The Brothers Karamozov</i> and his most ferociously funny. For alongside its relentlessly escalating plot of conspiracy and assassination, <i>Demons</i> (which earlier translators erroneously titled <i>The Possessed</i>) is a blistering comedy of ideas run amok. And, like all of Dostoevsky's novels, it is also a riot of literary voices, whose profusion, energy, and variety are a marvel to read through. 1487216 book 1872 Бесы total:1906|5:828|4:647|3:341|2:75|1:17| 1906 7909 3264 159 3 6 false false Sun Mar 16 10:37:48 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 10:46:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jul 26 08:03:05 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 16:32:17 -0800 2008 Demons (often falsely translated The Possessed, thereby erroneously stressing the object rather than the subject), is one of his most powerful books, a socio-political work exploring 19th century ideas (the “demons”) current in Russia at the time, specifically European libe...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 06 09:30:38 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 09:45:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Apr 05 13:11:30 -0700 2007 Thu Apr 05 13:11:33 -0700 2007
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