Demons (eBook)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Autor)

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2017
704 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-82573-1 (ISBN)

Infos

A self-styled revolutionary and his followers plot to overthrow the Tsar and seize control of the government in Dostoyevsky's cautionary tale about the destructive forces of demagoguery and unbridled rhetoric.

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A pair of self-styled revolutionaries and their followers plot to overthrow the Tsar and seize control of the government in Dostoyevsky's compelling tale of ideology and murder in 19th-century Russia. Based on a real-life political assassination, the story unfolds in a fictional town in which Stavrogin, a power-hungry cynic, and Pyotr, a radical willing to go to any lengths for his ideals, take charge of a crew of anarchists, nihilists, and other politically minded outsiders. When one of the conspirators faces exposure, the gang's response results in a shocking orgy of bloodshed. Written in 1872, Dostoyevsky's cautionary tale explores the destructive forces of demagoguery and unbridled rhetoric. The novel examines how breakdowns in civil behavior beget violence and chaos, leading ordinary people to commit extraordinary crimes. Fascinating for its character portraits and for its truths about people as political animals, Demons remains highly relevant for modern readers.

Autor

With his sympathetic portrayals of the downtrodden of 19th-century Russian society, Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) exercised immense influence on modern writers. His novels featured profound philosophical and psychological insights that anticipated the development of psychoanalysis and existentialism.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.9.2017
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Gewicht: 507 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: 19th-century fiction • Anarchists • Crime and Punishment • Dark Fiction • demagoguery • dramatic • engaging • Fiction • government rhetoric • History • Literary • Nihilism • nihilists • Nikolai Stavrogin • Nobility • overthrow the tsar • Political Assassination • Politics • Power struggle • Prose Fiction • Pyotr Verkhovensky • Revolt • Revolution • royalty • russian author • russian lit • Russian Literature • seize the government • self-styled revolutionaries • Siberian exile • Stepan Verkhovensky • suspenseful • The Brothers Karamazov • The Idiot • The Russian Messenger • unbridled rhetoric • violence and chaos
• ISBN-10: 0-486-82573-6 / 0486825736
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-82573-1 / 9780486825731