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The Possessed

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

出版	Modern library, 1936
主題	Fiction / GeneralFiction / LiteraryLiterary Criticism / Russian & Soviet
ISBN	03946044159780394604411
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=aioGAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Pyotr Verkhovensky and Nikolai Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy society and seize power for themselves. Together they train terrorists who are willing to go to any lengths to achieve their goals - even if the mission means suicide. But when it seems their motley group is about to be discovered, will their recruits be willing to kill one of their own circle in order to cover their tracks? As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. Partly based on the real-life case of a student murdered by his fellow revolutionaries, Dostoyevsky's sprawling novel is a powerful and prophetic, yet lively and often comic depiction of nineteenth-century Russia, and a savage indictment of the madness and nihilism of those who use violence to serve their beliefs. -- Publisher description.