Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1872
Revolutionaries in a provincial town (translated by Constance Garnett, 1913). Read The Possessed by Fyodor Dostoevsky page by page and explore its network of…
IN UNDERTAKING to describe the recent and strange incidents in our town, till lately wrapped in uneventful obscurity, I find myself forced in absence of literary skill to begin my story rather far back, that is to say, with certain biographical details concerning that talented and highly-esteemed gentleman, Stepan Trofimovitch Verhovensky. I trust that these details may at least serve as an introduction, while my projected story itself will come later.
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