Bibliograph

The possessed, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; with an introduction and notes by Elizabeth Dalton ; translated by Constance Garnett

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The possessed, Fyodor Dostoevsky ; with an introduction and notes by Elizabeth Dalton ; translated by Constance Garnett

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The possessed

Oclc number

77535695

Responsibility statement

Fyodor Dostoevsky ; with an introduction and notes by Elizabeth Dalton ; translated by Constance Garnett

Series statement

Barnes & Noble classics

Summary

Based on a true event, in which a young revolutionary was murdered by his comrades, The Possessed provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh depiction of a ruthless band of Russian intellectuals, atheists, socialists, anarchists, and other radicals who attempt to incite the population of a small provincial town to revolt against the government. In contrast to Dostoevsky's savage portrait of these radicals and the violent ideas that have possessed them like demons, the author expresses great sympathy for workers and other ordinary people ill-served by those who presume to speak in their name

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