Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (English) Paperback Book

Description: Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Joanna Moorhead, Robert Belknap, Robert Maguire Pyotr Verkhovensky and Nikolai Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals - even if the mission means suicide. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description A major new translation of one of Dostoyevskys four great novelsPyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals - even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems the group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevskys sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and self-destruction of those who use violence to serve their beliefs Notes A major new translation of Dostoyevskys chilling tale of a group of men gripped by revolutionary fever, by Robert A. Maguire. Author Biography Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. His debut, the epistolary novella Poor Folk(1846), made his name. In 1849 he was arrested for involvement with the politically subversive Petrashevsky circle and until 1854 he lived in a convict prison in Omsk, Siberia. From this experience came The House of the Dead (1860-2). In 1860 he began the journal Vremya (Time). Already married, he fell in love with one of his contributors, Appollinaria Suslova, eighteen years his junior, and developed a ruinous passion for roulette. After the death of his first wife, Maria, in 1864, Dostoyevsky completed Notes from Underground and began work towards Crime and Punishment (1866). The major novels of his late period are The Idiot (1868), Demons(1871-2) and The Brothers Karamazov (1879-80). He died in 1881. Review ? Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life, happier even than the discovery of Stendhal.? ?Friedrich NietzscheDostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life, happier even than the discovery of Stendhal. Friedrich Nietzschea Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life, happier even than the discovery of Stendhal.a aFriedrich Nietzsche Promotional Demons, also known as The Possessed or The Devils, is a dark masterpiece that evokes a world where the lines between and good and evil long ago became blurred. This Review Quote Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life, happier even than the discovery of Stendhal. Promotional "Headline" A major new translation of one of Dostoyevskys four great novels Details ISBN0141441410 Author Robert Maguire Short Title DEMONS Series Penguin Classics Language English ISBN-10 0141441410 ISBN-13 9780141441412 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 891.733 Year 2008 Audience Age 18 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Translated from Russian Translator Robert Maguire Birth 1821 Death 1881 Tag pengblackclassics Imprint Penguin Classics DOI 10.1604/9780141441412 Edited by Meyer, Ronald UK Release Date 2008-03-27 Pages 880 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Publication Date 2008-03-27 Alternative 9780141917283 Audience General NZ Release Date 2008-05-11 AU Release Date 2008-05-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:14687215;

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