The Devils by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

CONDITION: VERY GOOD+

Published in 1953 by Penguin Books, a first edition thus of this classic newly translated from Russian by David Magarshack. Rebound in modern 1/4 leather fine binding over red buckram. Four raised gilded spine bands with gilt lettering and bordering. All edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Octavo, 7” x 4.25”, 669 pages.

Demons, 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. It is considered one of the four masterworks written by Dostoevsky after his return from Siberian exile, along with Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). Demons is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large-scale tragedy. Joyce Carol Oates has described it as "Dostoevsky's most confused and violent novel, and his most satisfactorily 'tragic' work."

CONDITION:

The book is in VERY GOOD+ vintage condition. Square spine with firm hinges and joints and tight pages. Light rubbing to leather. Spine is sun-lightened. Crown of spine pushed/rubbed. Pages darkened with age. Former owner inscription on half-title page.

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