Ghosts

Author: Dostoevsky
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: The protagonist of this book calls himself the revolutionary Peter Verkhovensky. Through the secret organization he leads, he engages in acts of terrorism such as intimidation, extortion, arson, and assassination, aiming to destabilize society to incite a riot and seize power. When the university student Shatov decides to leave the group, he arranges for Shatov to be killed, fearing that the matter would be exposed. He flees to a distant place. The author, with astonishing insight and unique psychological portrayal, exposes his deception—he is a conspirator and a villain. The Demons is one of the representative works of the famous Russian writer Dostoevsky. He portrays the figures of liberalists in the 1840s and democratic youth in the early 1870s. The author focuses on exploring the inner world of the terrorists. One of the protagonists in The Demons is Peter Verkhovensky, who calls himself a revolutionary. Through the secret organization he leads, he engages in acts of terrorism such as intimidation, extortion, arson, and assassination, aiming to destabilize society to incite a riot and seize power. The author, with astonishing insight and unique psychological portrayal, exposes his deception—he is a conspirator and a villain.