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Dostoevsky saw Russia's growing suicide rate as a symptom of the decline of religious faith and the concomitant disintegration of social institutions like the family. [67] Self-destruction as a result of atheism or loss of faith is a major theme in Demons and further recalls the metaphor of the demon-possessed swine in the epigraph. [68]
Dostoevsky engages with profound philosophical and social problems by using the techniques of the adventure novel as a means of "testing the idea and the man of the idea". [8] Characters are brought together in extraordinary situations for the provoking and testing of the philosophical ideas by which they are dominated. [ 9 ]
Demons (Dostoevsky novel), an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky sometimes also called The Possessed. The Possessed, a 1959 play by Albert Camus, adapted from Dostoyevsky's novel; The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them (2010), a book by Elif Batuman named after Dostoevsky's novel
Novel; also known as The Permanent Husband [25] Demons Бесы, Besy: 1872: The Russian Messenger: Constance Garnett (1916) [26] Novel; also known as The Possessed and The Devils [27] The Adolescent Подросток, Podrostok: 1875: Notes of the Fatherland: Constance Garnett (1916) [28] Novel; also known as The Raw Youth and An Accidental ...
Demons was finished on 26 November and released in January 1873 by the "Dostoevsky Publishing Company", which was founded by Dostoevsky and his wife. Although they accepted only cash payments and the bookshop was in their own apartment, the business was successful, and they sold around 3,000 copies of Demons. Anna managed the finances.
Demons (Dostoevsky novel) The Double (Dostoevsky novel) E. The Eternal Husband; G. The Gambler (novel) H. The House of the Dead (novel) Humiliated and Insulted; I.
The Demons may refer to: Demons (Dostoevsky novel), an 1872 novel by Russian Fyodor Dostoevsky, also translated The Demons; The Demons (Doderer novel), a 1956 novel by Heimito von Doderer; The Demons, a French-Portuguese horror film directed by Jesús Franco; The Demons, a Canadian drama film directed by Philippe Lesage
It is also the title of his poem "Demons" (Бесы Archived 2019-09-28 at the Wayback Machine). The original Russian title of Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel known in its English translation as The Possessed is Besy (Бесы) (Russian plural of bes), i.e., more literally, The Evil Spirits.