Demons Introduction by Joseph Frank
Demons Introduction by Joseph Frank, authored by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is a reprint edition published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on October 24, 2000. This 776-page hardcover book presents a critical examination of the impact of a charismatic yet unscrupulous revolutionary leader on a group of gullible followers, inspired by a true political murder that shocked Russia in 1869.
Readers will find a rich exploration of materialist ideology and its effects on society, as Dostoevsky crafts a narrative that blends humor with serious themes of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia. This edition features translations by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, continuing their acclaimed series of Dostoevsky works. The book is part of Everyman’s Library Classics, which includes an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author’s life and times, all presented with high production standards.
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Presented here in stunning hardcover, 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, which is also known as The Possessed.
With an introduction by Joseph Frank.
Everyman’s Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Everyman’s Library Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author’s life and times.
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