Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

DEMONS is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century. As the revolutionaries begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the left-wing idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences. The novel explores Russia at a political and social crossroads as it moves, usually unwillingly, toward modernism.