The Possessed (Barnes & Noble Classics)[恶魔(巴诺经典系列)]

ThePossessed,byFyodorDostoevsky,ispartoftheBarnes&NobleClassicsseries,whichoffersqualityeditionsataffordablepricestothestudentandthegeneralreader,includingnewscholarship,thoughtfuldesign,andpagesofcarefullycraftedextras.HerearesomeoftheremarkablefeaturesofBarnes&NobleClassics:Alleditionsarebeautifullydesignedandareprintedtosuperiorspecifications;someincludeillustrationsofhistoricalinterest.Barnes&NobleClassicspullstogetheraconstellationofinfluences?biographical,historical,andliterary?toenricheachreader'sunderstandingoftheseenduringworks.Famousforaccuratelypredictingtwentieth-centurytotalitarianism,Dostoevsky’sThePossessedisanemphatichowlofprotestagainstthefervorofrevolutionandterrorismthatgrippedRussiatowardtheendofthenineteenthcentury.Basedonatrueevent,inwhichayoungrevolutionarywasmurderedbyhiscomrades,ThePossessedprovokedastormofcontroversyforitsharshdepictionofaruthlessbandofRussianintellectuals,atheists,socialists,anarchists,andotherradicalswhoattempttoincitethepopulationofasmallprovincialtowntorevoltagainstthegovernment.IncontrasttoDostoevsky’ssavageportraitoftheseradicalsandtheviolentideasthathavepossessedthemlikedemons,theauthorexpressesgreatsympathyforworkersandotherordinarypeopleill-servedbythosewhopresumetospeakintheirname.Oftenregardedasthegreatestpoliticalnoveleverwritten,ThePossessedshowcasesDostoevsky’sgeniusforcharacterization,hisamazinginsightintothehumanheart,andhisshatteringcriticismofthedesiretoswayandcontrolthethoughtandbehaviorofothers.ElizabethDaltonisProfessorofEnglishandComparativeLiteratureatBarnardCollege.SheistheauthorofUnconsciousStructureinTheIdiot,apsychoanalyticstudyofDostoevsky’snovel.