Editions

Page /
100%
  1. Home
  2. Fiction Books
  3. Demons
Demons

Demons

  • A Novel in Three Parts (Translated by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky)

'The most innovative and challenging writer of fiction in his generation in Russia' Guardian

Based on a real-life crime which horrified Russia in 1869, Dostoevsky intended his novel to castigate the fanaticism of his country's new political reformers, particularly those known as Nihilists. Blackly funny, grotesque and shocking, Demons is a disturbing portrait of five young men saturated in ideology and bent on destruction, and a compelling study of terrorism.

'Marvellous...a fluid and well-paced translation' Observer

Reviews

  • Volokhonsky's and Pevear's translation brings to the surface all of Dostoevsky's subtle linguistic and nationalist humour, and the copious notes are indispensable for making one's way through the thicket of 19th-century Russian politics

    Kirkus Reviews

  • An outstanding achievement

    John Bayley

  • As close to Dostoevsky's Russian as is possible in English

    Chicago Tribune

  • Required reading for anyone who wants to understand the mind of the terrorist

    Sunday Times

  • Marvellous...fluid and well-paced translation

    Observer

About the Author

Read more

/content/dam/prh/articles/adults/2020/july/St-petersburg-main-image-1800x1200.jpg

Recommendations

Book your holiday: St. Petersburg

From Dostoevsky to Nabokov and beyond, Russia’s cultural capital has long been a literary haven. Here are five crucial books to read before you visit.

Our Use of Cookies

We use cookies to make our website work. If you click 'Accept All’ we will use cookies to understand how you use our services and to show you personalised advertising and other content. You can change your cookie settings by clicking 'Manage Cookies'. For more information please see our Cookie Policy

Our Use of Cookies

We use cookies on this site to enable certain parts of the site to function and to collect information about your use of the site so that we can improve our visitors’ experience.

For more on our cookies and changing your settings click here

Strictly Necessary

Strictly Necessary cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. See More.

Analytics

Analytics cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. These cookies may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. See More.

Preferences & Features

Preference and Feature cookies allow our website to remember choices you make, such as your language preferences and any customisations you make to pages on our website during your visit. See More.

Targeting / Advertising

Targeting cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They perform functions like preventing the same content from reappearing, ensuring ads are displayed and, in some cases, selecting content based on your interests. See More.