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The possessed / Fyodor Dostoevsky ; translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett ; with an introduction by Marc Slonim ; including the suppressed chapter, "Stavrogin's confession," translated by Avrahm Yarmolinsky ; illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881, author.
- Slonim, Marc, 1894-1976, author of introduction.
- Standardized Title:
- Besy. English
- Language:
- English
- Russian
- Subjects (All):
- Nihilism--Fiction.
- Nihilism.
- Terrorists--Russia--Fiction.
- Terrorists.
- Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs--1533-1917--Fiction.
- Russia (Federation).
- Manners and customs.
- Russia.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Private press books (Printing)
- Penn Provenance:
- Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 630 pages, [24] leaves of plates : illustrations, portrait ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Heritage Press, 1959.
- Language Note:
- In English. Translated from Russian.
- Summary:
- An extremely political book, The Possessed (Demons) is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. As the revolutionary democrats began to rise in Russia, different ideologies began to collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye over both the radical idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundations as demonic, and the conservative establishment, portraying its ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. Many of the characters represent different types within this ideological conflict. By exploring their interactions, Dostoyevsky depicts the political chaos seen in 19th-century Russia. - Wikipedia.
- Contents:
- Volume one. Introduction / Marc Slonim
- The names of the possessed
- Part one. Introductory : Some details of the biography of that highly respected gentleman Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky
- Prince Harry : matchmaking
- The sins of others
- The cripple
- The subtle serpent
- Part two. Night
- Night (continued)
- The duel
- All in expectation
- On the eve Of the fete
- Volume two. Part two (continued). Pyotr Stepanovitch is busy
- A meeting
- Ivan the Tsarevitch
- A raid at Stepan Trofimovitch's
- Filibusters : a fatal morning
- Part three. The fete : first part
- The end of the fete
- A romance ended
- The last resolution
- A wanderer
- A busy night
- Stepan Trofimovitch's last wandering
- Conclusion
- Supplement. At Tihon's : Stavrogin's confession
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Translation of Besy.
- In slipcase.
- "The special contents of this edition are copyright ©1959 by the George Macy Companies, Inc."--verso of title page.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.
- OCLC:
- 1076717
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