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This is my favourite Dostoevsky novel - it combines all the elements of his complex characterisation, political satire and unusually cutting humour. Devils is the funniest of his books (which... more

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    Advantages Advantages Dostoevsky's best - cleverly political, achingly tense

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    This is my favourite Dostoevsky novel - it combines all the elements of his complex characterisation, political satire and unusually cutting humour. Devils is the funniest of his books (which, after Crime and Punishment, is probably very welcome), even though it is still technically a tragedy. It is loosely based on a political murder that occurred at the time Dostoevsky was writing. It combines a variety of characters' stories in a small Russian village - beginning with Varvara - the village's matriarch and her foolish, good natured political writer friend Stephan Trofimovich, who is ... more

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Author Fyodor Dostoevsky
Title Devils
Genre Classics
Type Fiction
ISBN 0140440356

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