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"The Devil" (Russian: Дьявол) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1889, given an alternative ending in 1909, [ 1 ] but published only posthumously in 1911. [ 2 ] Like Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata , written around the same time, "The Devil" deals with the consequences of sexual emotion.
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster , a noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator.
The Satanic Verses is the fourth novel from the Indian-British writer Salman Rushdie. First published in September 1988, the book was inspired by the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. As with his previous books, Rushdie used magical realism and relied on contemporary events and people to create his characters.
The Codex Gigas opened to the page with the distinctive portrait of the Devil from which the text received its byname, the Devil's Bible. [1]The Codex Gigas ("Giant Book"; Czech: Obří kniha) is the largest extant medieval illuminated manuscript in the world, at a length of 92 cm (36 in). [2]
In 1952, she wrote The Devil's Advocate, set in a dystopia where North America has become a Communist dictatorship. She wrote many historical novels, including several about famous religious figures. Dear and Glorious Physician (1959) was about Saint Luke ; Great Lion of God (1970) was about Saint Paul ; and I, Judas (1977) was about Judas ...
The Devil Is a Part-Timer! began as a light novel series written by Satoshi Wagahara, with illustrations by the artist 029 (Oniku). Wagahara originally entered the first novel in the series, originally titled Maōjō wa Rokujō-ikkan! (魔王城は六畳一間!, The Devil's Fortress is a Single Room with Six Tatami Mats!
The Devil and Kate; The Devil and Tom Walker; Devil Dice; Devil in the arts and popular culture; The Devil Is an Ass; Devil May Care (TV series) The Devil Rides Out; Devil's Due (Star Trek: The Next Generation) The Devil's Walk; Devilman Crybaby; The Devil's Charter; The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings; A Dialogue Between Joseph Smith and the ...
The Devil's Advocate is a 1959 novel by Australian author Morris West. [1] It forms part of West's "Vatican" sequence of novels, along with The Shoes of the Fisherman (1963), The Clowns of God (1981), and Lazarus (1990).