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Published1871
Pages720
Open Library4.4 / 5
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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.

Literary origin

Country whose literature this title belongs to, based on author tradition —not necessarily where the story is set.

  • Russia

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Russian fiction
  • Politics in fiction
  • Nihilism
  • Social life and customs
  • Terrorists
  • Manners and customs
  • Romans
  • Fiction, political
  • Terrorists, fiction

Times & places

  • 19th century
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Oct 10, 2026

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