The Possessed

The Possessed

By Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Michael Caine
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Length28h 44m

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The novel takes place in a provincial Russian setting, primarily on the estates of Stepan Trofimovich Verkhovensky and Varvara Stavrogina. Stepan Trofimovich's son, Pyotr Verkhovensky, is an aspiring revolutionary conspirator who attempts to organise a knot of revolutionaries in the area. He considers Varvara Stavrogina's son, Nikolai, central to his plot because he thinks Nikolai Stavrogin has no sympathy for mankind whatsoever. Verkhovensky gathers conspirators like the philosophising Shigalyov, suicidal Kirillov, and the former military man Virginsky, and he schemes to solidify their loyalty to him and each other by murdering Ivan Shatov, a fellow conspirator. Verkhovensky plans to have Kirillov, who was committed to killing himself, take credit for the murder in his suicide note. Kirillov complies and Verkhovensky murders Shatov, but his scheme falls apart. He escapes, but the remainder of his aspiring revolutionary crew is arrested. In the denouement of the novel, Nikolai Stavrogin kills himself, tortured by his own misdeeds.

Audiobook details

GenreGeneral Fiction
Length28 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
2Part I
3Chapter I. Introductory
4II
5III
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6Chapter II. Prince Harry. Matchmaking.
7Chapter III. The Sins of Others
8Chapter IV. The Cripple
9Chapter V. The Subtle Serpent
10Part II
11Chapter I. Night
12Chapter II. Night (continued)
13Chapter III. The Duel
14Chapter IV. All in Expectation
15Chapter V. On the Eve Op the Fete
16Chapter VI. Pyotr Stepanovitch is Busy
17Chapter VII. A Meeting
18Chapter VIII. Ivan the Tsarevitch
19Chapter IX. A Raid at Stefan Trofimovitch's
20Chapter X. Filibusters. A Fatal Morning
21Part III
22Chapter I. The Fete — First Part
23Chapter II. The End of the Fete
24Chapter III. A Romance Ended
25Chapter IV. The Last Resolution
26Chapter V. A Wanderer
27Chapter VI. A Busy Night
28Chapter VII. Stepan Trofimovitch's Last Wandering
29Chapter VIII. Conclusion

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