description: Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society, and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to lay down their lives to accomplish their goals. But when the group is threatened with exposure, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own to cover their tracks? Savage and powerful yet lively and often comic, Demons was inspired by a real-life political murder and is a scathing and eerily prescient indictment of those who use violence to serve their beliefs. The Possessed, also known in English as Devils ('Besy') and The Demons is the third of Dostoevsky's five major novels.
language: English
title: The Possessed
titlecomplete: The Possessed
characters: Alexei Nilych Kirilov, Ivan Shatov, Captain Lebyadkin, Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky, Shigalyov, Liputin, Lizaveta Nikolaevna, Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin, Pyotr Stepanovich Verkhovensky, Varvara Stavrogina
genres: Literature, Classics, Novels, Philosophy, Russian Literature, 19th Century, Russia, Fiction, Politics, Classic Literature
ratings_count: 49555
places: Russia
publisher: Signet Classics