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- In tracing the rise and fall of the charismatic Stavrogin and his followers, Dostoevsky explores the psychology of extremism and addresses some of the pressing ideological issues of his own day.
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Jul 15, 2015 · Ten of the most interesting facts about the largest medieval book in the world, the Codex Giga, which is also known as The Devil's Bible.
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Devils, also known as Demons or The Possessed, is a novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, published over the course of 1871-1872. The story portrays the complex psychological drama of a small town that is taken over by political revolutionaries, leading to a string of deaths and a breakdown of the usual social order.
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. 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).
Apr 1, 2022 · The First Law author Joe Abercrombie has announced a new fantasy series called The Devils, about an elf invasion of Europe.
It is considered one of the four masterworks written by Dostoyevsky after his return from Siberian exile, along with Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). The Devils is a social and political satire, a psychological drama, and large scale tragedy.
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Demons (pre-reform Russian: Бѣсы; post-reform Russian: Бесы, romanized: Bésy, IPA:; 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.
Apr 5, 2019 · Codex Gigas, also known as ‘the Devil’s Bible,’ is the largest and probably one of the strangest medieval manuscripts in the world. Dark legends surround the tome and its origins and the full page portrait of the Devil increases its air of mystery. But what is the manuscript really about?
