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Chilling story about the revolutionary spirit in Russia.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881), one of nineteenth-century Russia’s greatest novelists, spent four years in a convict prison in Siberia, after which he was obliged to enlist in the army. In later years his penchant for gambling sent him deeply into debt. Most of his important works were written after 1864, including Notes from Underground, Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov, all available from Penguin Classics.
David Magarshack was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.
David Magarshack was known for his many translations from his native Russian, including works by Dostoyevsky.
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BEFORE DESCRIBING THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS WHICH took place so recently in our town, hitherto not remarkable for anything in particular, I find it necessary, since I am not a skilled writer, to go back a little and begin with certain biographical details concerning our talented and greatly esteemed Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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BEFORE DESCRIBING THE EXTRAORDINARY EVENTS WHICH took place so recently in our town, hitherto not remarkable for anything in particular, I find it necessary, since I am not a skilled writer, to go back a little and begin with certain biographical details concerning our talented and greatly esteemed Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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This is the first Dostoyevsky novel I ever read. He has become one of my favorite writers. Few authors can so humanize the inhumane. The godless radicals of this novel (Shatov, Stavrogin, and Verkhovensky) are soul mates to some of the most evil figures of the twentieth century (Hitler, Franco, and Stalin.) They dance like shadows in a demonic firelight in the pages of this book. The Devils plunges the reader into the shallow soullessness at the heart of nihilism. It is very much worth reading.
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I love Dostoevsky's short stories, White Nights in particular, and many others to be sure. However, there remains a wide and yawning gap between those short, brilliant stories and this painfully slow and verbose tome of revolutionary Russia. I don't know much about Dostoevsky's politics following his near execution and imprisonment in Siberia, but clearly this novel was meant to lampoon the efforts of those who challenged czarist Russia. The first 50-75 pages are the worst the book has to offer. Thereafter it unquestionably improves albeit at a pace that would bore a turtle. For me Dostoevsky is never able to get into the heads of his characters quite like he does with his short(er) stories. Some may not share this view, but . . . If you want to read a much better story set in revolutionary times, with actual revolutionaries rather than the farcical group of clods Dostoevsky put together, read Andre Malraux's Man's Fate (The Human Condition). In half the time Malraux doe twice the work. But that's another review. In short, this is a "good" Dostoevsky novel, long , but that's what you know you're gonna' get with most 19th c. Russian writers. It's too bad that Dostoevsky is so long winded because otherwise this could easily be a great novel. Stick to Malraux for revolution but don't forget Dostoevsky's White Nights.
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Dostoyevsky himself is a victim of youthful frenzy, of revolution's dangerous freedom, and of radicals' ruthless betrayal. A powerful work of dark messages, Demons also known as The Possessed, crowns Dostoyevsky literature before the brilliance and magnitude of The Brothers Karamazov. Written more of severe historical recounts than a lighter fiction work such as The Idiot, Dostoyevsky gained the permanent abhorrence of contemporary radicals whose presence was lushly painted with angry strokes of danger and of depravity. Base on an actual accident that took place in 1869, Demons retells the story of an ailing radical, Shatov, whose emerging faith makes him an obstacle in the way of one obscure town's intellectual circle. The murder of Shatov is by no means a beginning of Dostoyevsky's lustrous characterization going deep into the dark psyche of revolution; instead, it is marked as an ending to a period of great turmoil and of intellectual unrest that wake blinded followers as well as the observant surrounding to the painful truth of progress. At the beginning, the readers are introduced to a Nihilist father Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky, a retired lecturer and educator who has been under the patronage of a local aristocrat Varvara Petrovna Stavrogin. Stepan Trofimovich's mind of uncertainty leaves behind a tremendous mess of doubts and of hatred in his son, Pyotr Stepanovich, head of the local secret society. The true hero of the story is Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin, son of Varvara Petrovna, a troubled young man whose dubious past haunts his present in the small town. Like other heroes of Dostoyevsky, Stavrogin is handsome, rich, and dashing; unlike Raskolnikov or Dimitri Karamazov, Stavrogin commits himself to worldly evils unawarely as if in a state of dreams. The heart of Demons is the possession of unguarded intellect turning into a possessive spirit, and at the center of the dark confusions of ideas, of theories, and of rebellions, Stavrogin is chosen to unveil the face of the demons. Pyotr Stepanovich, on the other hand, is characterized by his pretentious presence in front of the weak and obsequious malice facing the powerful. His real-life counterpart being Nechaev who led his political society against Ivan Ivanov's (Shatov) struggle to break free, Pyotr is portrayed with care, shrouded in shadow, and hidden in intellectualism.
With some of the most provocative suggestions on revolution, Demons seems to challenge the rigid intellect that is obsessed with replacing the old with something revolutionary. DO READ WITH AN OPEN MIND.
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more like ten stars...
This is the best ever - I love this author's work but this is definitely his highest accomplishment. In this novel you can see his influence on Dickens. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Dezember 1999 von martha woodworth
Reactionary hysteria
So Dostoyevsky didn't like revolutionaries: fair enough, though it' shard to believe that all revolutionaries were unprincipled scoundrels like Verkhovensky, or psychopaths like... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. August 1999 veröffentlicht
Needed a Strong Editor
This is an extremely complex book, where FD indulges in frequent philosophical digressions, indulging a few personal vendettas (notably Turgenev) along the way. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Needed a strict editor
This is an extremely complex book, where Dostoyevsky indulges in frequent philosophical digressions, indulging a few personal vendettas (notably and most amusingly against... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 12. Juli 1999 veröffentlicht
Fascinating Study Of Manipulation & Political Fervor
The way the characters, led astray by blind political passion & smooth lies, fall so easily into the hands of the villain is shockingly believable. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 27. Juni 1999 veröffentlicht
The Best of the Best
This novel is, quite simply, the best I've ever read, and I've read a lot. You will have to slug your way through the first 70 pages the first time through. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 14. November 1998 von JEFFREY C ZOERNER
The Brutality of Morals
Dostoyevsky encompasses both the passionate brutality of 19th century Russian society and the perpetual moral conflicts of all-time in this smashing novel. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. September 1998 veröffentlicht
Watch what you say - people tend to believe it.
This ia a great book with many plotlines, truly entertaining and intellectually stimulating. Despite a characteristic criminal underpinnings, the novel is dedicated to another... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 24. Oktober 1997 von vitali_nessis@ml.com
"The Devils" is the greatest political novel of all time.
"The Devils" concerns a group of unscrupulous rogues who bring terror to a small town in 1870's Russia through their vicious, but pathetic activities. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 2. September 1997 veröffentlicht
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