The Possessed (Annotated with Biography)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

พ.ย. 2013 · Golgotha Press

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The Possessed is a novel about the conditions of Imperial Russia in the 19th century and is loosely based on a real Russian case of 1869.  It touches upon terrorism and nihilism.  A group of extremists want to overthrow the powers of Russia and rule the country themselves.

One of their goals is to eliminate the power of the Russian Orthodox Church. The extremists are bright, secretive, and focused, but in the end, they do not achieve their goals.  The story centers around two families: the Verkhovenskys and the Stravrogins.