The Possessed (aka Demons, Devils) - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Category: Political
Narrator: Constantine Gregory
Tags: Political, Classic, History, Adults
Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins Release date: 11-17-17 Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks, Constance Garnett - translator, Demons (1872) aka The Possessed, Devils The story of Demons (sometimes also titled The Possessed or The Devils) is based largely on the murder of Ivan Ivanov by Peoples Vengeance members in 1869. It was influenced by the Book of Revelation. The secondary characters, Pyotr and Stepan Verkhovensky, are based on Sergei Nechayev and Timofey Granovsky respectively., The novel takes place in a provincial Russian setting, primarily on the estates of Stepan Verkhovensky and Varvara Stavrogina. Stepans son Pyotr is an aspiring revolutionary conspirator who attempts to organise revolutionaries in the area. He considers Varvaras son Nikolai central to his plot, because he thinks that Nikolai lacks sympathy for mankind. Pyotr gathers conspirators such as the philosophising Shigalyov, the suicidal Kirillov and the former military man Virginsky. He schemes to consolidate their loyalty to hi
