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Demons Paperback – Aug 1 1995

by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)

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Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horried 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.

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Paperback: 768 pages
Publisher: Vintage; 1st (first) edition (Aug. 1 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0679734511
ISBN-13: 978-0679734512
Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 3.7 x 20.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 658 g
Average Customer Review: 22 customer reviews
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“[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

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Daffy Bibliophile

Dostoyevsky's Demons

December 7, 2014

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The most political of Dostoyevsky's novels, "Demons" (1872) is also one of his most enjoyable. In a provincial city in the heart of Russia Dostoyevsky set the stage for a showdown between the Westernizers and the Slavophiles. The title has been a point of contention over the years, however "Demons" is the only possible translation of the Russian title "Бесы". With all due respect to Constance Garnett, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have translated the title correctly. What are the demons? The demons are all of the Western ideas which Dostoyevsky the Slavophile saw infiltrating Mother Russia: nihilism, republicanism, socialism, materialism, individualism, anarchy and atheism.

Rather than writing just a political tract Dostoyevsky produced a tale of political intrigue, social unrest, murder and suicide. What else could result from the importation of Western demons to Russia? "Demons", then, is an attack on the Westernizers and their cherished ideas, ideas best left in Europe. The cold-blooded murder of one of the conspirators by his comrades foreshadowed the callous disregard of life shown by the Bolsheviks; in this Dostoyevsky was a true prophet. "Demons" is a novel in which Dostoyevsky's moral insight shines brightly. It is also a good story, a tale well told by a great author.

This edition contains an introduction by the translators, a list of characters with stress marks to aid in correct pronunciation and it also contains the chapter entitled "At Tikhon's" which was rejected by the magazine in which "Demons" first appeared serially. It is a chapter which Dostoyevsky valued but was never able to rewrite to the magazine editor's satisfaction. This chapter, included as an appendix, is worth reading as it does a lot to illuminate the character of Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin.

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December 7, 2018

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The introduction is brilliant and then there’s Dostoyevsky’s masterful and profound craftsmanship (of course, translated! Oh to be able to read it in the original Russian!!) ...

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Sterling Demchinsky

A Psychological Mystery

August 4, 2013

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One is to be forgiven if you find the first one hundred pages, or so, of Dostoevsky’s “Demons” a bit slow. The author sets the stage for the novel in a provincial backwater of 19th century Russia. Most of the characters are tradespeople or landed gentry with modest estates. Even the provincial governor has no aristocratic title other than that he is at the rank of a general. We are momentarily lulled into thinking that nothing about these people could be more mediocre.

The plot begins to stir as we learn of an underground society with socialist leanings. There are intrigues of every sort without a clear idea of who is collaborating with whom. A major character turns out to be secretly married, while another has suffered unrequited love for 22 years. The pot begins to boil as murder, duelling, arson, suicide, and decent into madness becomes themes of this story.

Dostoevsky’s genius is that he makes each character a study in psychology. The reader finds empathy with characters regardless of whether they are likable or not. “Demons” may start a little slow but it becomes a page-turning mystery that is very much worth the read.

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March 31, 2018

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Wonderful!

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Manic Depression Is A Frustrating Mess

September 6, 2015

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Dostoevsky is unbelievable. I don't know how he doesn't get confused. He IS the Russian soul.

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Julian Skoczypiec

March 3, 2015

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classical Russian novel good deal

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Amazon Customer

June 1, 2017

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Good translation. Shipped on time, but with some damage.

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Difficult but rewarding work

March 17, 2010

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It's hard for the modern mind or the casual reader to make sense of Dostoevsky's narrative at times. However, Dostoevsky does reward perseverance, especially if you follow the necessary footnotes to keep tabs on his purpose. This is the first of Dostoevsky's work that I've read in the trendy Volokhonsky/Pevear translation - it's quite readable but I don't know that I'm overwhelmed by its superiority to other translators I've read (making exception of course for the stuffy Constance Garnett).

The story is quite dark overall, although Dostoevsky does provide unexpected comic relief, sometimes in very absurd places. Of course, the saddest thing about this novel is that Dostoevsky's hunch that the revolutionary ideas fulminating in Russia were leading towards mass murder - that the murderers would take charge and not be a radical fringe - turned out to be far too correct.

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