{"product_id":"2940148837831","title":"The Possessed (Annotated)","description":"This edition is annotated, with additional information about the work, and it has been formatted for your NOOK.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemons (Russian: Бесы, Bésy) is an 1872 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Although titled The Possessed in the initial English translation, Dostoyevsky scholars and later translations favour the titles The Devils or Demons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn extremely political book, Demons is a testimonial of life in Imperial Russia in the late 19th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the revolutionary democrats begin to rise in Russia, different ideologies begin to collide. Dostoyevsky casts a critical eye on both the radical idealists, portraying their ideas and ideological foundation as demonic, and the conservative establishment's ineptitude in dealing with those ideas and their social consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis form of intellectual conservativism tied to the Slavophile movement of Dostoyevsky's day, called Pochvennichestvo, is seen to have continued on into its modern manifestation in individuals like Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.  Dostoyevsky's novels focus on the idea that utopias and positivist ideas, in being utilitarian, were unrealistic and unobtainable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book has five primary characters representing different ideologies. By exploring their differing philosophies, Dostoyevsky describes the political chaos seen in 19th century Russia.","brand":"Bronson Tweed Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47111507837168,"sku":"2940148837831","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148837831_p0.jpg?v=1763714740","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148837831","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}