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- Hardcover
784 pages
- Release Date
15 October 2000
Summary
Set in mid-19th-century Russia, Demons examines the effect of a charismatic but unscrupulous self-styled revolutionary leader on a group of credulous followers. Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a “novel-pamphlet” in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia—a novel that is rivaled only by The Brothers Karamazov as Dostoevsky’s greatest. The award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky translations with this novel, also known as The Possessed.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857151824 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857151828 |
| Author: | Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, Joseph Frank |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 784 |
| Release Date: | 15 October 2000 |
| Weight: | 704g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 138mm x 212mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CLASSICS |
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Critics Review
“ÝAn¨ admirable new translation of…Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.” -“New York Review of Books”
“The merit in this edition of “Demons” resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators…They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.” -“New York Times Book Review
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”“Demons” is the Dostoevsky novel for our age…ÝPevear and Volokhonsky¨ have managed to capture and differentiate the characters’ many voices…They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns…A capital job of restoration.” -“Los Angeles Times”
With an Introduction by Richard Pevear
”[An] admirable new translation of…Dostoevsky’s masterpiece.” -“New York Review of Books”
“The merit in this edition of “Demons” resides in the technical virtuosity of the translators…They capture the feverishly intense, personal explosions of activity and emotion that manifest themselves in Russian life.” -“New York Times Book Review
”
”“Demons” is the Dostoevsky novel for our age…[Pevear and Volokhonsky] have managed to capture and differentiate the characters’ many voices…They come into their own when faced with Dostoevsky’s wonderfully quirky use of varied speech patterns…A capital job of restoration.” -“Los Angeles Times”
With an Introduction by Richard Pevear
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author)
Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow on November 11, 1821. He had six siblings. His mother died in 1837, and his father died in 1839. He graduated from the St. Petersburg Academy of Military Engineering in 1846 but decided to pursue a writing career. His first book, Poor Folk, was well-received. However, on April 23, 1849, he was arrested for subversion and sentenced to death. After a mock execution, his sentence was commuted to hard labor in Siberia, where he developed epilepsy.
He was released in 1854. His 1860 book, The House of the Dead, was based on these experiences. In 1857, he married Maria Dmitrievna Isaeva. After his release, he adopted more conservative and traditional values and rejected his previous socialist stance. In the following years, he spent significant time abroad, struggled with a gambling addiction, and accumulated substantial debt. His wife died in 1864, and he married Anna Grigoryeva Snitkina. In the subsequent years, he published his most enduring and successful books, including Crime and Punishment (1865). He died on February 9, 1881.
Richard Pevear (Translator)
Richard Pevear has published translations of Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Savinio, and Pavel Florensky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships for translation from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in support of his translation of The Brothers Karamazov.
Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
Larissa Volokhonsky was born in Leningrad. She has translated the work of prominent Orthodox theologians Alexander Schmemann and John Meyendorff.
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