Screen LibraryDemons : a novel in three parts /
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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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
Vintage,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: |
2006. ©1994 |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: |
English Russian |
| Series: |
Vintage classics
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| Summary: |
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. |
| Item Description: | Translation of: Besy. |
| Carrier Form: | xxvii, 733 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9780099140016 (paperback) : 0099140012 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | PG3326 |
| CLC: | I512.44 |
| Call Number: | I512.44/D724-18 |
| Contents: |
Instead of an introduction -- Prince Harry. Matchmaking -- Someone else's sins -- The last girl -- The wise serpent -- 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 -- The Fête. First part -- The end of the Fête -- A finished romance -- A traveler -- A toilsome night -- The last peregrination of Stepan Trofimovich -- Conclusion. |