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Бѣсы. 1/3
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Part 1 of Besy (opens in a new tab) Also known as Demons or The Devils, this is Dostoyevsky’s most political novel. Though critical of the left-wing revolutionaries, split as they often were into disparate factions and cells the author also tacitly rebukes the conservative elite for failing to come to terms with the high levels of disaffection in the country, a stance that would ultimately lead to their downfall.
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Subjects
- Fiction
- Russian fiction
- Politics in fiction
- Nihilism
- Nihilsim
- Russia
- Social life and customs
- Terrorists