{"product_id":"9781411432956","title":"The Possessed (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous for accurately predicting twentieth-century totalitarianism, \u003cb\u003eDostoevsky\u003c\/b\u003e’s \u003ci\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e is an emphatic howl of protest against the fervor of revolution and terrorism that gripped Russia toward the end of the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on a true event, in which a young revolutionary was murdered by his comrades,\u003ci\u003e The Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e provoked a storm of controversy for its harsh depiction of a ruthless band of Russian intellectuals, atheists, socialists, anarchists, and other radicals who attempt to incite the population of a small provincial town to revolt against the government. In contrast to Dostoevsky’s savage portrait of these radicals and the violent ideas that have possessed them like demons, the author expresses great sympathy for workers and other ordinary people ill-served by those who presume to speak in their name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOften regarded as the greatest political novel ever written, \u003ci\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Dostoevsky’s genius for characterization, his amazing insight into the human heart, and his shattering criticism of the desire to sway and control the thought and behavior of others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Barnard College. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eUnconscious Structure in The Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e, a psychoanalytic study of Dostoevsky’s novel. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121653104880,"sku":"9781411432956","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411432956_p0.jpg?v=1763722990","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411432956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}