![]() ![]() ![]() Govorov, except that he is a close friend of Stephan Trofimovich. Govorov does not witness every conversation first hand, but nonetheless the narrator describes the story as if he partook in every situation or as a chronicler, who had the events described to him. The entire novel takes place in a small town outside of Petersberg and is narrated by a man named Mr. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the liberal idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. As the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. An extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. ![]() Though titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons. Demons is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. This carefully crafted ebook: "Demons (The Possessed / The Devils) - The Unabridged Garnett Translation" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. ![]()
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