The Possessed
A Russian Classic of Revolution, Betrayal and Ideological Fanaticism (Also Known as Demons)
Sinopsis
A revolutionary cell. A small town. A murder that was always going to happen.
Into a sleepy provincial Russian town comes Pyotr Verkhovensky, a charismatic revolutionary who binds a small circle of idealists, opportunists, and lost souls into a secret society — then methodically uses their loyalty to destroy them. Loosely based on a real political murder that shocked Russia, The Possessed (also translated as Demons) is Fyodor Dostoyevskys most prophetic novel: a slow descent from provincial gossip and drawing-room philosophy into arson, suicide, and assassination, as abstract ideas about liberation curdle into something closer to a cult.
Why readers still turn to this Russian literature classic:
A ferocious, satirical response to the revolutionary nihilism gaining ground in Dostoyevskys own time Reads today like a warning issued decades ahead of schedule — ideological fanaticism and manufactured terror rendered with uncomfortable precision A sprawling cast, dark humor, and genuine dread built entirely out of ideas and loyalty, not violence for its own sake Ranks alongside Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov among Dostoyevskys essential political novelsAngry, political, and unnervingly relevant, The Possessed is Dostoyevsky at his most urgent — a classic every serious reader of Russian literature should meet at least once.
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Editorial: Chronicle Vault
ISBN: 9782700108637
Idioma: Inglés
Fecha de lanzamiento: 16/07/2026
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