num_pages: 414
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: Russian
title: Бесы
titlecomplete: Бесы
characters: Lizaveta Nikolaevna, Shigalyov, Ivan Shatov, Nikolai Vsevolodovich Stavrogin, Captain Lebyadkin, Varvara Stavrogina, Liputin, Alexei Nilych Kirilov, Pyotr Stepanovich Verkhovensky, Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky
genres: Classics, Philosophy, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Politics
ratings_count: 49551
places: Russia
publisher: Slavi︠a︡nka