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The Possessed or, The Devils

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Demons; sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils, is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–72. It is considered one of the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky after his return from Siberian exile, along with Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Demons is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large-scale tragedy. Joyce Carol Oates has described it as "Dostoevsky's most confused and violent novel, and his most satisfactorily 'tragic' work." According to Ronald Hingley, it is Dostoevsky's "greatest onslaught on Nihilism", and "one of humanity's most impressive achievements—perhaps even its supreme achievement—in the art of prose fiction."

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 – 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist and philosopher. Dostoevsky's literary works explore human psychology in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed works include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Dostoevsky's body of work consists of 11 novels, three novellas, 17 short stories, and numerous other works. Many literary critics rate him as one of the greatest psychologists in world literature. His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.

 

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Table of contents PART I CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER II. PRINCE HARRY. MATCHMAKING. CHAPTER III. THE SINS OF OTHERS CHAPTER IV. THE CRIPPLE CHAPTER V. THE SUBTLE SERPENT PART II CHAPTER I. NIGHT CHAPTER II. NIGHT (continued) CHAPTER III. THE DUEL CHAPTER IV. ALL IN EXPECTATION CHAPTER V. ON THE EVE OF THE FETE CHAPTER VI. PYOTR STEPANOVITCH IS BUSY CHAPTER VII. A MEETING CHAPTER VIII. IVAN THE TSAREVITCH CHAPTER IX. A RAID AT STEPAN TROFIMOVITCH’S CHAPTER X. FILIBUSTERS. A FATAL MORNING PART III CHAPTER I. THE FETE—FIRST PART CHAPTER II. THE END OF THE FETE CHAPTER III. A ROMANCE ENDED CHAPTER IV. THE LAST RESOLUTION CHAPTER V. A WANDERER CHAPTER VI. A BUSY NIGHT CHAPTER VII. STEPAN TROFIMOVITCH’S LAST WANDERING CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION Fyodor Dostoevsky The Possessed or, The Devils * Translated From The Russian By Constance Garnett (1861-1946) * Digital Edition 2021 Passerino Editore (Edited by) Gaeta 2021

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