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Demons (pre-reform Russian: Бѣсы; post-reform Russian: Бесы, romanized: Bésy, IPA:; sometimes also called The Possessed or The Devils) is a novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published in the journal The Russian Messenger in 1871–72.
The bibliography of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) comprises novels, novellas, short stories, essays and other literary works. Raised by a literate family, Dostoyevsky discovered literature at an early age, beginning when his mother introduced the Bible to him.
The Devils, a 2000s pop music project of Nick Rhodes and Stephen Duffy; The New Jersey Devils, a National Hockey League team; The Devils, a 2002 French drama film; The Devils is also an alternate name or translation for: Demons (Dostoevsky novel) or The Possessed, an 1872 novel by Russian writer Fyodor Dostoevsky
Magarshack was born in Riga, in present-day Latvia, at the time part of the Russian Empire.In 1920, he moved to the United Kingdom in order to study.. After graduating from University College London with a degree in English Language and Literature in 1924, Magarshack attempted to make a career out of journalism, and then out of writing crime fiction, neither of which were successful.
Dostoevsky's paternal ancestors were part of a Russian noble family of Russian Orthodox Christians. The family traced its roots back to Danilo Irtishch, who was granted lands in the Pinsk region (for centuries part of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, now in modern-day Belarus) in 1509 for his services under a local prince, his progeny then taking the name "Dostoevsky" based on a village ...
Joseph Frank (October 6, 1918 – February 27, 2013) was an American literary scholar and a leading expert on the life and work of Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky.Frank's five-volume biography of Dostoevsky is frequently cited among the major literary biographies of the 20th century.
Netochka Nezvanova (Russian: Не́точка Незва́нова) is an unfinished novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky. [1] It was originally intended as a large scale work in the form of a 'confession', however the only part completed and published is a background sketch of the eponymous heroine's childhood and adolescence.
A Writer's Diary (Russian: Дневник писателя; Dnevnik pisatelya) is a collection of non-fiction and fictional writings by Fyodor Dostoevsky.Taken from pieces written for a periodical which he both founded and produced, it is normally published in two volumes: the first covering those articles published in the years 1873 and 1876, the second covering those published in the years ...