: Dostoevsky’s political landscape is complex. Joseph Frank’s introduction in the Everyman’s edition is essential for understanding the 19th-century Russian "underground".
: Hardcover bound in full cloth, acid-free cream-colored paper, a silk ribbon marker, and a chronology of the author's life. Historical and Literary Context Demons (Everyman's Library, 182)
: The novel contrasts the "liberals of the 1840s" (represented by Stepan Verkhovensky) with their radical, nihilistic children (represented by Pyotr Verkhovensky), suggesting the former's idealism paved the way for the latter's violence. : Dostoevsky’s political landscape is complex
The Everyman's Library Classics edition of Demons is widely considered one of the most durable and scholarly versions available for general readers. Historical and Literary Context : The novel contrasts
: The novel was inspired by the real-life "Nechayev Affair" of 1869, in which a student named Ivan Ivanov was murdered by a revolutionary cell led by Sergey Nechayev.