{"product_id":"the-possessed","title":"The Possessed","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey wanted to destroy everything. They succeeded.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky's most political novel is a terrifying prophecy of the Russian Revolution—a story of radicals, murder, and the demons that possess those who believe that any means justifies any end.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a provincial Russian town, a group of revolutionaries gathers. They are led by Nikolai Stavrogin, a handsome, brilliant, utterly empty man who has committed unspeakable crimes and feels nothing. His acolyte, Pyotr Verkhovensky, is a frenzied schemer who wants to burn the world down so that something new can be built from the ashes. They recruit students, a retired professor, a nihilist, a poet. They plan a murder. They commit it. The novel builds toward a scene of total chaos: a fire, a suicide, a confession that was too terrible for Dostoevsky's censors to allow. And in the end, Stavrogin hangs himself in a closet, leaving behind a note that says only: \"No one is to blame. It was I.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Dostoevsky at his most furious and prescient: a novel about the nihilism that destroys everything it touches, the emptiness at the heart of modern rebellion, and the terrifying ease with which ideals become murder. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not a comfortable book—it is a warning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished in 1871–72, originally in Russian as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBesy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Demons or Devils)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on a real political murder in Moscow in 1869, when a radical group killed a student who tried to leave them\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContains \"At Tikhon's,\" a chapter so shocking that Dostoevsky was forced to remove it; it was not published in Russia until 1922\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that the devil's greatest trick is convincing the young that they are angels.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFyodor Dostoevsky\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1821–1881) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and journalist, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in world literature. Born in Moscow, the second of seven children, he was the son of a military doctor who was murdered by his own serfs. Dostoevsky studied engineering but turned to writing. In 1849, he was arrested for his involvement in a progressive literary circle, sentenced to death, and subjected to a mock execution—the trauma of which shaped his entire worldview. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by exile. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Possessed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was his response to the growing nihilist and revolutionary movements of the 1860s, particularly the Nechaev affair, in which a radical group murdered a comrade. Dostoevsky saw the revolutionaries as \"possessed\" by demons of pride, violence, and emptiness. The novel was initially rejected by many Russian critics, who accused Dostoevsky of caricature. The 1917 Revolution proved him tragically prescient. His other major works include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotes from Underground\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1864), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1866), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1869), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1880). He died of a pulmonary hemorrhage in 1881 and is buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery in St. Petersburg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54424470782324,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54424470815092,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54424470847860,"sku":"9612921003186","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54424470880628,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/casa-carlini-simple-audiobook-the-possessed-53566707695988.png?v=1779965659","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/the-possessed","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}