Demons : a novel in three parts

Book 1994

A new translation of The Possessed and a new title to go with it. The translators claim it better reflects the spirit of what basically is a novel of ideas, the demons of the title being the Western imports of idealism, socialism, materialism, nihilism, atheism and so on.

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ISBN:

9780679734512
9780679423140
0679734511
0679423141

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xxvii 733 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Besy. English

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 715-733)

Contents:

pt. 1. Instead of an introduction
Prince Harry. Matchmaking
Someone else's sins
The last girl
The wise serpent
part 2. Night
The duel
All in expectation
Before the Fête
Pyotr Stepanovich bustles about
With our people
Ivan the Tsarevich
Stepan Trofimovich perquisitioned
Filibusters. A fatal morning
part 3. The Fête. First part
The end of the Fête
A finished romance
A traveler
A toilsome night
The last peregrination
Of Stepan Trofimovich
Conclusion

LCCN:

93033367

Control Number:

50722

Other Authors:

Pevear, Richard, 1943-
Volokhonsky, Larissa

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