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    The Possessed
    The Possessed
    The Possessed
    Audiobook27 hours

    The Possessed

    Written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Narrated by Constantine Gregory

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    Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows the career of Pyotr Stepanovitch Verhovensky, a political terrorist who leads a group of Nihilists on a demonic quest for societal breakdown. They are consumed by their desires and ideals, and have surrendered themselves fully to the darkness of their ‘demons’. This possession leads them to engulf a quiet provincial town and subject it to a storm of violence. Inspired by a real political killing in 1869, the book is an impassioned response to the ideologies of European liberalism and nihilism, which threatened Russian Orthodoxy; it eerily predicted the Russian Revolution, which would take place fifty years later. Funny, shocking and tragic, it is a profound and affecting work with deep philosophical discourses about God, human freedom and political revolution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateJan 12, 2018
    ISBN9781781981016
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    Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Fyodor Dostoevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. Between 1838 and 1843 he studied at the St Petersburg Engineering Academy. His first work of fiction was the epistolary novel Poor Folk (1846), which met with a generally favourable response. However, his immediately subsequent works were less enthusiastically received. In 1849 Dostoevsky was arrested as a member of the socialist Petrashevsky circle, and subjected to a mock execution. He suffered four years in a Siberian penal settlement and then another four years of enforced military service. He returned to writing in the late 1850s and travelled abroad in the 1860s. It was during the last twenty years of his life that he wrote the iconic works, such as Notes from the Underground (1864), Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1868) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880), which were to form the basis of his formidable reputation. He died in 1881.

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    • 5/5
      The narrator of this audiobook edition is simply perfect. Highly recommended.

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    • 4/5
      Narrator is the best ever, like he wasn't born to narrate these books
      Not the best Dostoevsky book however

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    • 5/5
      Amazing narration of great Russian fiction. The story is centered around a small aristocratic circle with deadly intents of revolution. With mysticisme and questions about god and freedom, this book will definitely keep you gripped.

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    • 5/5
      One of my favorite books, beautiful narration. Absolutely adored the audio book.
    • 5/5
      Dostoevsky’s brilliance shines yet again. Great book and reading too.
    • 5/5
      Amazing book. The reader is incredible. Highly recommend. Dostoyevsky’s darkest book, but powerful.