The possessed : a play in three parts
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Published
New York : Knopf, [1960].
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Book
Edition
[First American edition].
Physical Desc
182 pages ; 21 cm
Status
Cranston Central - Adult Non-Fiction
842 .914 CAM
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842 .914 CAM
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Published
New York : Knopf, [1960].
Edition
[First American edition].
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Originally published by Gallimard in 1959 in French.
Description
The Possessed (a.k.a., The Devil or Demons) is an extremely political novel of late 19th century Russian political and social chaos. The novel takes place in a provincial Russian setting, primarily on the estates of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky and Varvara Stavrogina. Stepan Trofimovich's son, Pyotr Verkhovensky, is an aspiring revolutionary conspirator who attempts to organize a knot of revolutionaries in the area. He considers Varvara Stavrogina's son, Nikolai, central to his plot because he thinks Nikolai Stavrogin has no sympathy for mankind whatsoever. Verkhovensky gathers conspirators like the philosophizing Shigalyov, suicidal Kirillov, and the former military man Virginsky, and he schemes to solidify their loyalty to him and each other by murdering Ivan Shatov, a fellow conspirator. Verkhovensky plans to have Kirillov, who was committed to killing himself, take credit for the murder in his suicide note. Kirillov complies and Verkhovensky murders Shatov, but his scheme falls apart. He escapes, but the remainder of his aspiring revolutionary crew is arrested. In the denouement of the novel, Nikolai Stavrogin kills himself, tortured by his own misdeeds. --Wikipedia.com.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Camus, A., O'Brien, J., & Dostoyevsky, F. (1960). The possessed: a play in three parts ([First American edition].). Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960, Justin O'Brien and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. 1960. The Possessed: A Play in Three Parts. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, 1913-1960, Justin O'Brien and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Possessed: A Play in Three Parts Knopf, 1960.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Camus, Albert, Justin O'Brien, and Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The Possessed: A Play in Three Parts [First American edition]., Knopf, 1960.
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